Michael Paul Brown, the suspect accused by police of opening fire inside a Montana bar and killing four people has been taken into custody, PEOPLE can confirm. According to sources with knowledge of the situation, Brown was taken into custody behind The Ranch Bar just west of Anaconda on Highway 1.

The former U.S. Army soldier accused of gunning down four people at a Montana bar has been captured following a weeklong manhunt.

A US Army veteran accused of fatally shooting four people at a bar in the US state of Montana a week ago has been arrested, according to officials. Michael Paul Brown, 45, was found on Friday afternoon near another pub not far from the scene of the original attack in the city of Anaconda on 1 August.