1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:05,160 Speaker 1: Crime Alart, hourly update, breaking crime news Now, I'm Jennifer Gould. 2 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 1: After a grueling week long manhunt that turned a quiet 3 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 1: Montana town into a crime scene, authorities have finally captured 4 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: Michael Paul Brown, a forty five year old Army veteran 5 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 1: suspected of gunning down four people in a cold blooded 6 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:25,239 Speaker 1: bar massacre. The arrest brings a tense search to a 7 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 1: close and offers the first glimpse of justice for a 8 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 1: shell shocked community of nine thousand. The whrror unfolded around 9 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: ten thirty in the morning on Friday, August first, when Brown, 10 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: a regular at the Owl Bar, allegedly walked in and 11 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 1: opened fire. The rampage left four people dead, bartender Nancy 12 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:51,760 Speaker 1: Loretta Kelly sixty four and patrons Daniel Edwin Bailey fifty nine, 13 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 1: David Allan Leech seventy and Tony Wayne Palm seventy four. 14 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 1: Authorities believe Brown, who lived nearby, was familiar with his victims, 15 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:05,120 Speaker 1: but the motive for the brutal slaughter remains a mystery. 16 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:10,200 Speaker 1: Montana Attorney General Austin Knutsen described Brown as a quote 17 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 1: unstable individual end quote who murdered for people in quote 18 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:19,400 Speaker 1: cold blood for no reason whatsoever end quote. Brown's desperate 19 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: escape sparked a massive search effort involving over two hundred 20 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 1: and fifty law enforcement officers from thirty eight local, state, 21 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: and federal agencies, including the FBI and ATF. Helicopters, drones 22 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 1: with heat detection technology, and canine units scoured the twenty 23 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 1: two square mile forest southwest of Anaconda, which was closed 24 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:47,119 Speaker 1: to the public. Brown fled the scene barefoot and shirtless. 25 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: Preliminary reports say the exhaustive manhunt came to a sudden 26 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 1: close on August eighth, when authorities, acting on a tip 27 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:59,559 Speaker 1: from a local resident, located Brown in a remote cabin 28 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 1: near Barbora Lakes. A SWAT team reportedly moved in, apprehending 29 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: the suspect without incident. He was found with survival gear 30 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 1: and possibly even a rifle believed to be the murder weapon, 31 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 1: but this is unconfirmed at this time. Brown, who served 32 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:20,079 Speaker 1: as an Army armor crewman and deployed to Iraq from 33 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:22,639 Speaker 1: February two thousand and four to March of two thousand 34 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: and five and suffers from PTSD, according to family members, 35 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 1: now faces four counts of deliberate homicide with additional charges pending. 36 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:35,640 Speaker 1: If convicted, he could face life in prison without parole. 37 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 1: For the latest crime and justice news, follow Crime Alert 38 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 1: hourly update on your favorite podcast app with this crime Alert. 39 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:43,639 Speaker 1: I'm Jennifer Gould.