Montana bar massacre leaves four dead as search for military vet suspect intensifies

Officials have identified the four victims who were shot and killed when an Army veteran allegedly opened fire at The Owl Bar in Anaconda, Montana, on Friday morning.

At about 10:30 a.m. on Friday, 45-year-old Michael Brown allegedly entered The Owl Bar and opened fire, killing 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, all of whom were residents of Anaconda.

Brown remains at large as search efforts continue in the Stumptown area, just west of Anaconda, where the suspect was last seen.

Authorities released a photo of Brown on Saturday, showing him barefoot and shirtless, walking down a flight of steps.

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The photo showed Brown wearing black shorts and fleeing after the shooting Friday, according to the state Department of Criminal Investigation (DCI).

It is unclear what led to the shooting.

DCI Administrator Lee Johnson said in a statement Friday evening that officials had located the white F-150 pickup truck in which Brown allegedly fled. However, Brown was not located in or around the vehicle.

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After discovering the vehicle, authorities focused their search on the mountains near Stumptown Road. The search continued into Sunday and has involved air and ground resources.

SWAT also cleared Brown’s house Friday, though he remained at large.

Law enforcement officials have not received reports of Brown harming any other people, though he is believed to be armed and dangerous.

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Residents in the area have been encouraged to stay inside their homes and remain on high alert.

DCI has warned residents that if they see Brown not to approach him. Instead, residents are encouraged to call 911 immediately. He has been described as 5-foot-10 and about 170 pounds, with blue eyes and brown hair.

Brown was an armor crewman in the Army from January 2001 to May 2005 and served in the National Guard from April 2006 to March 2008, Army Public Affairs confirmed to Fox News Digital. He deployed to Iraq from February 2004 to March 2005 and left the service with the rank of sergeant.

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He also served as an armor crewman in the Montana National Guard from April 2006 to March 2009, officials said.

Wrestling legend’s final salute sparks emotional moment at SummerSlam showdown

The passing of the torch only happens a few times in pro wrestling and Cody Rhodes and John Cena added another chapter to WWE lore at SummerSlam on Sunday night.

Rhodes defeated Cena to regain the Undisputed WWE Championship in an epic street fight that finished off an incredible weekend at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It marked the second title reign for Rhodes after he won the championship at WrestleMania 40.

Cena came out to his classic “My Time is Now” song in an apparent full circle return to his babyface ways. The crowd at MetLife Stadium erupted, even Rhodes smirked.

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But the pleasantries soon went away.

It was a street fight for the Undisputed WWE Championship on a night that already featured a ton of violence. But there were many questions for both competitors going into the match. Could Rhodes muster up some killer instinct to put Cena away? Was Cena really going to dig deep into his soul to find himself and become Superman one last time?

Rhodes took Tyrese Haliburton’s crutch to the back. He slammed Cena onto the steel steps but then also ate these same steps. It was early in the match but the two proved they were going to go to great lengths to capture the biggest prize in the WWE.

Cena struck first with the Attitude Adjustment out of nowhere. He tried to pin Rhodes but to no avail. It was too early to put the “American Nightmare” down. Rhodes had tried already to pin Cena off his lesser moves but Cena was ready and not beaten enough.

Almost frustrated and too inside of his head, Rhodes hit a disaster kick and a Cody cutter. Still, the pin attempts weren’t going to work on the 17-time world champion.

Rhodes then pulled off a move that was technically banned – the piledriver. Cena wouldn’t go down and he played opossum a bit to stun Rhodes with an Attitude Adjustment soon after. Both wrestlers were deep into their bag.

The fight moved to the outside of the ring and Cena was on the hunt. He hit Rhodes with a microphone and then a Code Red. He cleared the Spanish announce table and propped Rhodes on his shoulders while standing on Michael Cole and Wade Barrett’s table. He then hit Rhodes with the Attitude Adjustment through the Spanish announce table.

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Cena rolled Rhodes back into the ring and tried to pin him. Still, Rhodes wouldn’t go down.

One more gasp of air and Rhodes was able to counter Cena and hit a Cross Rhodes soon after Cena’s pin attempt. Rhodes then covered Cena but couldn’t get the three count.

Frustrations boiled over for both men. They took the fight into the crowd – far away from the ring which they needed to complete the win. Cena and Rhodes fought around the stadium and back toward the ramp. Cena had Rhodes on his shoulders as the two went on the elevator that Rhodes used for his entrance.

Cena then hit another Attitude Adjustment. Still, he had to get Rhodes back into the ring. Cena carried him back to the ring but Rhodes used the time to get one more burst of adrenaline. As they got back into the ring, Rhodes tossed Cena through the table.

Rhodes loosened the rope and pulled it all off its hinges. The bottom rope was down and Rhodes used the entire turnbuckle to his advantage. But Cena, ever the veteran, tripped Rhodes up and choked Rhodes with the rope. The challenger turned the tables on Cena once more.

Bruised and battered the fight wore on. 

Rhodes had Cena in a predicament. He hit not one but three Cross Rhodes on Cena. He thought he had Cena finished. He went for the pin but only got to two.

Rhodes then had his stunning kickout. Cena reversed Rhodes’ attempt to hit him with the title belt. Cena nailed two Attitude Adjustments and then a third from the middle rope. Still, Cena met his match. Rhodes kicked out at two.

In the final moments, Rhodes put Cena through a table. After Cena lay hanging on the ropes, he saluted Cena and hit the Cross Rhodes.

One, two, three – Rhodes picked up the win.

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Cena stood in the center of the ring, signaling his time was almost up. WWE fans thanked Cena for putting on another epic display of professional wrestling.

Family ‘heartbroken’ as TV star Loni Anderson passes away after prolonged illness

Loni Anderson, who famously portrayed receptionist Jennifer Marlowe in the comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati,” has died. She was 79. 

Anderson died at a Los Angeles hospital following a “prolonged” illness, her longtime publicist, Cheryl J. Kagan, said in a statement to Fox News Digital. She was surrounded by her loving family.

“We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our dear wife, mother and grandmother,” Anderson’s family said in a statement.

Over four decades, Anderson starred in various TV shows and films, including “Swat,” “Three on a Date,” “Three’s Company,” “The Incredible Hulk,” “The Love Boat,” “The Bob Newhart Show,” and more. 

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Growing up in St. Paul, Minnesota, Anderson’s greatest ambition was to be an actress. In 1975, Anderson moved to Los Angeles, where she quickly began making a name for herself. 

She landed the role of the titillating and intelligent Jennifer Marlowe in 1978 and cemented her status as a beloved TV sex symbol. 

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“I remember we all did posters back then. Everybody always asks me, ‘What made you do a poster?’ I would say, ‘Because someday my grandchildren will look at this. And I’ll be able to tell them that I really looked like that. What you saw is what you got,” she told Fox News Digital in 2021. 

“But you know, I had this discussion with Ann-Margret. Will there ever be a time when our names won’t be followed by ‘bombshell’ or ‘sex symbol?’ It becomes a part of your name,” she continued. “And you know, I’d never thought I would reach that point. I was so serious. I was doing ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ for 53 weeks on tour. I never thought I would be Loni Anderson, sex symbol. But I embrace it. I think I was lucky enough to have been able to play so many different things and sex symbol was a part of it. I took whatever my career threw at me. So I embrace it. And my granddaughters think it’s a hoot!”

In 1982 she co-starred in “Stroker Ace,” a feature film with then-future husband Burt Reynolds. Loni and Burt adopted their son Quinton Anderson Reynolds in August 1988. 

In 2019, Anderson said she and Reynolds – who died in 2018 from a heart attack – made peace before his death with the help of their son.

“We were friends first and friends last,” Anderson told Closer Weekly at the time. “It’s time to move on.”

The “WKRP in Cincinnati” actress insisted she and Reynolds put aside the hostility they endured when the marriage came to an end for the sake of Quinton.

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“We have this wonderful child together,” she said. “Having a son was a big event in our lives and so everything revolved around him.”

On top of TV and film, Anderson was a prominent member of the musical theater community and became a New York Times best-selling author with her 1995 autobiography, “My Life In Heels.”

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“Loni was a class act. Beautiful. Talented. Witty. ALWAYS a joy to be around,” Steve Sauer, President/CEO Media Four and Anderson’s manager for 30 years, said in a statement. “She was the ultimate working mother. Family first…and maintained a great balance with her career. She and I had wonderful adventures together that I shall forever cherish. I will especially miss that infectious chuckle of hers. She will be forever missed.”

On May 17, 2008, Anderson married Bob Flick, a founding member of the 1960’s folk group The Brothers Four. 

Anderson is survived by her husband, daughter Deidra and son-in law Charlie Hoffman, son Quinton Anderson Reynolds, grandchildren McKenzie and Megan Hoffman, stepson Adam Flick and his wife Helene, step-grandchildren Felix and Maximilian.

A private family service will be held at The Hollywood Forever Cemetery followed by A Celebration of Life at a future date.