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| Subject: PoLice shooting of Oregon occupier LaVoy Finicum deemed justified; FBI agents being investigated Tue Mar 08, 2016 8:58 pm | |
| Officials in Oregon said on Tuesday that state troopers were justified in fatally shooting LaVoy Finicum, who was part of an armed group that had occupied a wildlife refuge, because they feared for their lives.
However, authorities also said that FBI agents involved in the encounter were being investigated for firing shots and never reporting them.
Deschutes County Sheriff Shane Nelson said two bullets believed to be fired by FBI agents did not strike Finicum, who was hit by three rounds fired by state troopers. But Nelson announced at a news conference Tuesday that because the FBI agents “did not disclose their shots to investigators, nor did they disclose specific actions they took after the shooting,” his office and the Justice Department would both investigate.
Michael E. Horowitz, the Justice Department’s inspector general, said in a statement Tuesday that his office was investigating the FBI agents’ actions.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/03/08/authorities-to-release-results-of-investigation-into-lavoy-finicum-shooting/ |
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