Suspect in Anaconda shooting appears in court, victim identified as bar owner

UPDATE -- 06/22/2026, 6 p.m.

According to a Facebook post from Carmel's Sports Bar and Grill, a funeral will be held for owner Shane Charles at 1 p.m. this Sunday at the American Legion in Anaconda. In lieu of flowers, Carmel's asked for donations to the American Legion or the family's GoFundMe.

More details are to come.

ANACONDA, Mont. - The suspect in the Saturday night bar shooting in Anaconda, 61-year-old Mark Lock, made his first appearance in court Monday morning. 

Lock faces a charge of Deliberate Homicide in the shooting death of Shane Charles. Judge Ken Walund set Lock’s bail at $1 million. His preliminary hearing will be July 17. 

Should Lock make bail, part of the terms of his bail agreement is that he will not be allowed to possess guns. According to the prosecutor who representing the state in court, Lock has a significant number of guns in his home. He told Judge Walund he would like to sell them. 

Several hours before the hearing, Carmel’s Sports Bar and Grill identified its owner, Shane Charles, as the victim of the shooting. 

The bar posted to Facebook on Monday morning, saying obituary and funeral service information will be shared soon. 

This all started on Saturday night, when Anaconda-Deer Lodge Law Enforcement posted to social media, saying an investigation into a shooting at Carmel’s was underway and a suspect was taken into custody. 

Carmel’s has signs on its front doors that say, “No guns allowed in this bar. Guns and alcohol are just a bad idea.” 

NonStop Local spoke with Corbin Harr, who lives three doors down from Carmel’s and said he saw some of the action. 

“I was just a few blocks down, coming home, so I was able to hear some of it. See, you know, ambulances leaving, arriving, all of that. And it was a bit frightening,” he said. 

Carmel’s is just two blocks from The Owl Bar, where last August a deadly shooting left four people dead. Now a sign over the front door of The Owl reads “Anaconda Strong — Community Coming Together.” 

“It's something, again, that we're going to have to heal from and try to move on from and see what we can do better as a community in the future. You know, see how we can prevent something like this again,” Harr said.