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Suspect in Portland shooting of Trump supporter KILLED during attempted arrest | Suspect in Portland shooting of Trump supporter KILLED during attempted arrest |
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The suspect in a fatal shooting during a protest in downtown Portland last weekend has been killed by authorities after agents from a fugitive task force tried to arrest him. | |
Police shot dead Michael Reinoehl, 48, in a town near Seattle, Washington on Thursday night, saying he brandished a firearm at officers from the FBI, the US Marshals Service and local police. The incident occurred when the combined force moved in to arrest the murder suspect. | |
Reinoehl was a main suspect in the slaying of a conservative activist during a political rally in Portland on Saturday night. He appeared to admit his role in the shooting during an interview with Vice News earlier on Thursday. | |
Graphic footage purportedly showing the aftermath of the encounter has circulated on social media, in which officers are seen attempting to revive a man lying on the road, who appears to be unresponsive. | |
"I'm telling you, if ya'll would have heard it, it sounded like fireworks, that's how many shots," the man behind the camera is heard saying, adding: "They lit his ass up." | |
Just minutes before the news of the fatal arrest attempt broke, US President Donald Trump tweeted: "Why aren't the Portland Police ARRESTING the cold blooded killer of Aaron 'Jay' Danielson." | |
Reinoehl regularly attended protests in Portland, and described himself as "100 percent Antifa" in social media posts, referring to a loose coalition of left-wing activists who often employ violent protest tactics against groups they deem 'fascist.' He had been involved in a number of other incidents in Portland, where he was arrested in July for allegedly possessing a loaded gun in public. Later that month, Reinoehl was shot in the arm after intervening in an altercation near a Portland bar. | |
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