The man accused of killed four people at a Montana bar on Friday morning lived next door to it, according to the Montana Department of Justice.

Montana Division of Criminal Investigation administrator Lee Johnson says 45-year-old Michael Paul Brown fled The Owl Bar after the Friday shooting in the small town of Anaconda.

A suspect is on the run after four people were killed in a shooting at a bar in the US state of Montana, authorities say. The shooting happened at The Owl Bar in the city of Anaconda at around 10:30 local time, the Montana Division of Criminal Investigation confirmed to the BBC's US partner CBS.