Eyewitnesses to the shooting of LaVoy Finicum say the Oregon militiaman was shot despite having his hands in the air.
Finicum, Ammon Bundy, Ryan Bundy, and several others were in a vehicle on their way to a nearby town when they were stopped about 20 miles north of Burns.
FBI and state police arrested the protesters and charged them with the felony offense of conspiracy to impede federal officers.
But during the arrest, authorities say Finicum and Ryan Bundy refused to follow orders--and shots were fired.
Finicum ended up dead, and Bundy was shot in the arm. It’s unclear if any law enforcement officers were shot.
LaVoy Finicum, center, a rancher from Arizona who was part of an armed group occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge to protest federal land management policies, carries his granddaughter Payton, as other family member watch following a news conference at the refuge Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, near Burns, Ore. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer
