Reports of a shooting and people injured at a bar in Anaconda emerged Friday afternoon. As of 1:30 p.m., police were pursuing a suspect.

Four people are dead after a shooter opened fire at Anaconda’s Owl Bar at approximately 10:30 a.m. on Aug. 1, 2025, according to a press release from the Montana Department of Justice.

The victims, all local residents, have been identified as 59-year-old Daniel Edwin Baillie, 64-year-old Nancy Lauretta Kelley, 70-year-old David Allen Leach, and 74-year-old Tony Wayne Palm, a news release from Knudsen’s office said Sunday. The victims included a bartender and two customers, Knudsen said.