On the morning of August 1, 2025, a shooting at the Owl Bar in Anaconda, Montana, killed 64-year-old Nancy Lauretta Kelley, a retired nurse who worked there as a bartender. Reports say a man entered the bar after an attempted arson, opened fire and killed Kelley and three male patrons: Daniel Edwin Baillie, 59; David Allen Leach, 70; and Tony Wayne Palm, 74.

The suspect was identified as 45-year-old Michael Paul Brown, a neighbor and regular patron. After the killings he fled, prompting a weeklong manhunt involving about 250 federal, state and local officers. Brown, a U.S. Army and Montana National Guard veteran whose family reported a long history of mental illness, was captured armed and taken into custody on August 8, 2025, west of Anaconda.

Brown was charged with four counts of murder plus arson, theft and eluding and was held without bail. The community mourned Kelley, remembered as a compassionate caregiver and social butterfly. Does anyone who knew Nancy or was at the Owl Bar that day have information to share?