Blake Hempstead, a local sports reporter in the area, posted on X, "Anaconda is in a mini lock down while police search for a gunman who shot numerous people at the Owl Bar. Don't leave your house or come this way until this cowardly POS is found by our law enforcement officers."

Victims of the Owl Bar shooting in Anaconda, Montana, have been identified as Nancy Lauretta Kelley, Daniel Edwin Baillie, David Allen Leach and Tony Wayne Palm

Those killed on Friday were a bartender and three patrons, ranging in age from 59 to 74, the authorities said. The suspect fled into the nearby foothills.