Victims Named in Montana Bar Shooting as Manhunt Stretches On

U.S.|Victims Named in Montana Bar Shooting as Manhunt Stretches On

As the hunt for an Army veteran suspected of fatally shooting four people in a rural Montana bar stretched into a third day on Sunday, the authorities released the names of the people who were killed.

Officials identified the victims as Nancy Lauretta Kelley, 64, a bartender, and three bar patrons: Daniel Edwin Baillie, 59; David Allen Leach, 70, and Tony Wayne Palm, 74. The shooting took place Friday morning in the Owl Bar in the small town of Anaconda, about 20 miles northwest of Butte.

The authorities said the suspect, Michael P. Brown, 45, fled to the nearby foothills after opening fire inside the bar. He used a rifle, Austin Knudsen, the Montana attorney general, said at a news conference on Sunday.

“At this point, our suspect is still at large,” Mr. Knudsen said. Mr. Brown’s last contact with law enforcement was around noon local time on Friday, he added. The authorities offered a $7,500 reward for information leading to the suspect.

State officials said that they had widened their search to areas that include National Forest System land southwest of Anaconda. Forest officials had already closed those areas to the public because of the manhunt. The authorities have told Anaconda residents to use caution but to go about their lives.

The dense brush and mountainous topography around the town could complicate search efforts. Local, state and federal agents have been looking for the suspect on foot as well as by automobile and helicopter. Mr. Knudsen said about 250 law enforcement officers had been searching on Saturday but added that some of those people would have to go back to their regular jobs in the next day or so.