Montana bar shooting suspect still at large after four killed in Anaconda

Authorities are searching for Michael Paul Brown, the suspect in a deadly shooting at a bar in Anaconda, Montana, that left four people dead.

The search for the man accused of killing four people at a Montana bar on Friday morning expanded from the edge of town to adjacent national forest land, authorities indicated.

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest said late Saturday that more than 16 square miles of parkland is closed through Aug. 16 to facilitate the search for Michael Paul Brown, 45, who is alleged to have opened fire at the Owl Bar next door to his Anaconda home.

The national forest's Pintler Ranger District ordered the area about 8 miles west of Anaconda to be closed through the end of Aug. 16 "to ensure public health and safety during the ongoing law enforcement investigation and search efforts to locate the suspect for the Anaconda murders," it said in a statement.

The Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Law Enforcement Center said the closure includes "Barker Lake and surrounding area."

The forest area closure indicates a shift in focus from the wooded area off of Stumptown Road, where the Montana Department of Justice said law enforcement was deployed.