Linda Thompson / The Missoulian via AP

Missoula County sheriff's deputies sweep a rental cabin at the Lumberjack Saloon west of Lolo, Mont. on June 12, after a former militia leader allegedly led deputies on a car chase, shot at them and escaped into a wooded area. The suspect, David Burgert, is on federal and state probation and once led the right-wing militant group called Project 7 in northwest Montana.

'Armed and extremely dangerous' ex-militia leader hunted after Montana shootout

NBC, msnbc.com and news services report from MISSOULA, Mont.:

Federal and state agents searched a 30-square-mile swath of rugged Montana forest on Monday for a former militia leader following a shootout with sheriff's deputies, authorities said. Continue reading.

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