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.
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Police tape stretches across the street after a reported shooting Aug. 1, 2025, in Anaconda.
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Law enforcement on scene in Anaconda after a reported shooting聽Aug. 1, 2025.
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Butte-Silver Bow Sheriff Ed Lester, center, speaks with law enforcement on scene in Anaconda after a reported shooting聽Aug. 1, 2025.
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Bill Everett, left, the chief executive of Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, walks towards law enforcement at the scene of聽the shooting at the Owl Bar on Aug. 1, 2025, in Anaconda.
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People sit outside in Anaconda shortly after a shooting was reported there Aug. 1, 2025.
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Law enforcement on scene in Anaconda after a reported shooting Aug. 1, 2025.
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Police tape cordons off the Owl Bar in Anaconda on Friday following a reported shooting.
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Butte-Silver Bow Sheriff Ed Lester was at the scene of the Anaconda shooting on Aug. 1, 2025.
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A law enforcement vehicle drives towards the scene of a shooting at the Owl Bar in Anaconda on Aug. 1, 2025.
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Yellow police tape is strewn in front of the Owl Bar in Anaconda on Aug. 1, 2025.聽
As of Friday afternoon at 3 p.m., law enforcement personnel were still searching for the shooter. The incident occurred around 10:30 a.m. at the Owl Bar in Anaconda.聽
