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Kalispell Plane Crash, West Glacier Tragedy, and Owl Bar Shooting Suspect Captured

Daily Inter Lake

This week on News Now, reporter Taylor Inman covers the results of preliminary investigations into two separate plane crashes in the Flathead — a fiery crash at Kalispell City Airport where all four passengers survived, and a tragic fatal wreck in West Glacier that has federal investigators searching for answers. We also break down the arrest of Michael Paul Brown, the suspect accused of killing four people at the Owl Bar in Anaconda, following an extensive week-long search by local and federal authorities. 

Read more about this week’s stories: 
Plane suffered engine trouble prior to crash at Kalispell City Airport, feds say
Plane that crashed near West Glacier had clipped a tree, feds say
Man suspected of killing 4 at Anaconda bar is in custody, authorities say

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