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.

Authorities were focusing on brushy terrain near the town of Anaconda, where they said the suspect killed four people.

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.