Oregon Militia Standoff: One Dead After Ammon Bundy and Others Arrested

By Sam Levin. An associate of the armed Oregon militia occupying a wildlife refuge was shot dead on Tuesday after a shootout with federal agents that resulted in the arrest of the group’s leader Ammon Bundy and a group of protesters.

The shootout appears to have taken place on a highway in rural Oregon – away from the federal refuge the armed militia have been occupying.

FBI officials said they arrested Bundy, his brother Ryan Bundy, Bryan Cavalier, Shawna Cox and Ryan Payne on Tuesday afternoon after they stopped them along the highway.

The agency described the shootout and arrests as resulting from “an enforcement action to bring into custody a number of individuals associated with the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge” that occurred at 4.25pm PST. (Read more from “Oregon Militia Standoff: One Dead After Ammon Bundy and Others Arrested” HERE)

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Ammon Bundy, Other Protesters Arrested in Oregon; LaVoy Finicum Killed

By Evan Perez, Holly Yan and Dana Ford. Ammon Bundy, leader of the armed protesters who took over a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon, was arrested and one of his followers killed in a highway traffic stop Tuesday.

A law enforcement official told CNN that authorities pulled over two vehicles. Everyone obeyed orders to surrender except two people: LaVoy Finicum and Bundy’s brother, Ryan Bundy, the official said.

Shots were fired, but it’s not known who fired first, the official said. Ryan Bundy was injured, but Finicum died, the official added.

Finicum was among the most outspoken of the occupiers who took over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns on January 2 to protest federal land policies. (Read more from “Ammon Bundy, Other Protesters Arrested in Oregon; LaVoy Finicum Killed” HERE)

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