LOS ANGELES: Four people were killed in a bar shooting in Anaconda, US state of Montana, local media reported, citing law enforcement officials.
The shooting occurred on Friday at The Owl Bar in Anaconda, a city located in southwestern Montana, Xinhua news agency reported quoting NBC Montana.
The suspect was identified as Michael Paul Brown, according to a Facebook post by the Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Law Enforcement Center.
"Be advised suspect in shooting is believed to be armed and dangerous, " said the post.
Officials posted a photo of the suspect on Facebook and advised the public to stay out of the Stumptown area and surrounding areas.
Montana Highway Patrol also said in a Facebook post that there is a "heavy law enforcement presence west of Anaconda near Stumptown Road and Anderson Ranch Loop Road."
"Authorities are searching for a suspect believed to be armed. Please avoid the area, " the agency added.
As reports of the shooting spread through town, business owners locked their doors and sheltered inside with customers. At Caterpillars to Butterflies Childcare, a nursery a few blocks from the shooting scene, owner Sage Huot said she'd kept the children inside all day after someone called to let her know about the violence.