Police have named four people killed in a shooting at a bar in the US state of Montana as a manhunt for an army veteran suspected of the attack entered its third day
Barmaid Nancy Lauretta Kelley, 64, and three customers – Daniel Edwin Baillie, 59, David Allen Leach, 70, and Tony Wayne Palm, 74 – died as a rifle-wielding assailant opened fire at the pub in the city of Anaconda on Friday morning.
Police said the suspect, 45-year-old Michael Paul Brown, fled to the nearby foothills afterwards.
Authorities have offered a reward of $7,500 (£5,650) for any information that will lead to his capture.Investigators are not ruling out the possibility that Mr Brown may now be deceased, but said they were acting on the assumption that he is alive, armed and dangerous.
Mr Brown is a veteran of the US Armed Forces who served as an armour crewman from 2001-05 and was deployed to Iraq from 2004-05, a military spokeswoman told US media.
After the shooting authorities found a white Ford-150 pick-up truck that they said the suspect had used to get away, but no sign of him.
On Saturday, the Montana Division of Criminal Investigation released an updated image that they said showed the suspect fleeing the scene.
In the photo, a man is seen shirtless, barefoot and wearing only black shorts, and walking down stairs while leaning against a stone wall.
Mr Knudsen said the photo was taken after the suspect got rid of some personal belongings and his clothes.
He believes Mr Brown later got other clothes and shoes, and was “able to get around”.
The shooting forced many businesses in the area to shut down. Some have since reopened, but numerous public events have been cancelled due to the manhunt.
Mr Brown’s niece, Clare Boyle, told the Associated Press news agency her uncle had struggled with mental illness for years.
“This isn’t just a drunk/high man going wild,” she said in a Facebook message.
“It’s a sick man who doesn’t know who he is sometimes and frequently doesn’t know where or when he is either.”
