Before Michael Paul Brown was captured Friday, time stood still for the locals of a small Montana town after authorities say the Army veteran shot dead four bar patrons and went into hiding.

The anxiety pulsing through this idyllic swath of Montana is palpable – from the armored SWAT vehicles to the locked down businesses to the neighbors sleeping next to their guns.

An Army veteran wanted in connection with the killing four people at a bar in the town of Anaconda was taken into custody on Friday after an eight-day manhunt.