Crime Alert, I'm John Lemley.

Authorities in Western Montana are continuing their manhunt for a former U.S. Army soldiers

suspected in a deadly mass shooting at a small town bar.

45-year-old Michael Paul Brown, who served in Iraq and later with the Montana National Guard,

remains at large following Friday shooting at the

Owl Bar in Anaconda, a town of just 9,000 residents nestled in the Deer Lodge Valley, about 75

miles southeast of Missoula. Montana Attorney General Austin Knudson says Brown is believed to have

used a personal rifle in the

attack that left four people dead. All were local residents. The victims include 64-year-old

bartender Nancy Loretta Kelly and patrons, 59-year-old Daniel Edwin Bailey, 70-year-old David

Allen Leach, and 74-year-old Tony Wayne Palm. Brown reportedly

lived next door to the bar and was considered irregular there. Officials say he fled the scene

barefoot, then may have stolen a second vehicle stocked with clothing and camping gear. He has not been seen since Friday afternoon.

Residents remain on edge. The state has closed off nearby forest lands while the search

continues, and weekend events in town were cancelled. Neighborer Robert Wyatt, who lived in the same

public housing complex as victim David Leach,

called the tragedy unnerving, describing Leach as a quiet but helpful neighbor who was deaf and mostly kept to himself.

Another longtime resident, David Jabaric, narrowly missed being inside the bar at the time of the shooting.

He says he changed plans at the last minute, and when he returned, police were already surrounding the building. Attorney

General Knudson urged vigilance, warning Brown may be unstable and potentially armed. A reward of

$7,500 is being offered for information leading to his capture.

Brown's niece told our friends with the Associated Press that her uncle had long struggled with

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