Anaconda Bar Owner Identified as Shooting Victim; Suspect Bond Set at $1 Million
Prosecutors say the 61-year-old suspect shot Charles once with a handgun, and bail was set at $1 million.
- On Saturday night, Mark Ray Lock allegedly shot and killed Shane Charles, owner of Carmel's Sports Bar and Grill in Anaconda, inside the establishment.
- This fatal incident marks the second shooting at an Anaconda bar in 10 months, following a mass shooting at The Owl Bar last summer that killed four people.
- Prosecutors allege Lock shot Charles with a 9 mm handgun before a bystander disarmed him; Lock remains in custody at the Anaconda-Deer Lodge Detention Center on a $1 million bond.
- Bar owners in Billings are reconsidering security measures, with Tap Inn owner Steimmetz noting it raises questions about safety protocols at his establishment.
- Lock, a Birch Street resident, faces a preliminary hearing on July 17 as the Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Attorney's Office manages the deliberate homicide charge.
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What we know about the Anaconda man charged with shooting death of Carmel's Bar owner
An Anaconda resident was charged Monday with deliberate homicide for his alleged fatal shooting Saturday night of Shane Charles, an owner of Carmel's Bar in Anaconda. Here's what we know.
Second Anaconda bar shooting in 10 months has Montana bar owner rethinking security
BILLINGS Billings bar owners and employees are rethinking security measures after a shooting at Carmel's Bar in Anaconda happened on Saturday night.The incident left one person shot and another person arrested, though no other details have been released at this time.Click here for reaction from Billings bar workers: Second Anaconda bar shooting in 10 months has Billings bar owner rethinking securityIt is the second shooting at an Anaconda bar in…
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