Bundy and four followers, including his brother, Ryan, were arrested during a traffic stop in which shots were fired, the FBI said in a statement. Killed was Robert "LaVoy" Finicum, who had acted as spokesman for the armed group of occupiers, according to the Bundy Ranch.
The FBI said the shootings happened when agents, along with Oregon state troopers, "began an enforcement action" on Highway 395 to arrest people involved in the armed occupation on charges of conspiracy to impede federal officials from discharging their duties.
"During that arrest, there were shots fired," the FBI said. "One individual who was a subject of a federal probable cause arrest is deceased. ... One individual suffered non-life threatening injuries."
Finicum, a rancher from Arizona with 11 foster children, made headlines this month after conducting an interview from beneath a blue tarp on live television while carrying a rifle on his lap. During another interview with NBC, Finicum said he was willing to die rather than be arrested and cautioned authorities against pointing a gun at him.
"I have no intention of spending any of my days in a concrete box," he said. "There are things more important than your life and freedom is one of them."
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Author: Nick Visser
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