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Leader of Oregon occupation Ammon Bundy, three others arrested

BY KATU.COM STAFF TUESDAY, JANUARY 26TH 2016


Ammon Bundy, one of the sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, speaks during an interview at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016, near Burns, Ore. Law enforcement had yet to take any action Tuesday against a group numbering close to two dozen, led by Bundy and his brother, who are upset over federal land policy. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

HARNEY COUNTY, Ore. — KATU News has learned the leader of the armed occupation at Malheur Wildlife Refuge - Ammon Bundy - has been arrested, along with three other individuals Tuesday evening.

Officials said it all began with a traffic stop while Bundy and some of his followers were en route to a community meeting in John Day, about 70 miles away.

Shots were fired after FBI agents, Oregon State troopers and other law enforcement agencies made the stop. CNN reports its unclear who fired first.

Details of the arrest remain unknown, but charges are pending related to the group's 25-day takeover of the wildlife refuge.
Bundy and dozens of other individuals occupied the wildlife refuge earlier this month after two local ranchers were sent to prison for setting fires on federal land.

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Leader of Oregon occupation Ammon Bundy, at least 8 others arrested

BY KATU.COM STAFF TUESDAY, JANUARY 26TH 2016


Ammon Bundy, one of the sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, speaks during an interview at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016, near Burns, Ore. Law enforcement had yet to take any action Tuesday against a group numbering close to two dozen, led by Bundy and his brother, who are upset over federal land policy. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

HARNEY COUNTY, Ore. — KATU News has learned the leader of the armed occupation at Malheur Wildlife Refuge - Ammon Bundy - has been arrested, along with at least eight other individuals Tuesday evening.

Officials said it all began with a traffic stop while Bundy and some of his followers were en route to a community meeting in John Day, about 70 miles away.

Shots were fired after FBI agents, Oregon State troopers and other law enforcement agencies made the stop. CNN reports its unclear who fired first.

Details of the arrest remain unknown, but charges are pending related to the group's 25-day takeover of the wildlife refuge.
Bundy and about three dozen of other individuals occupied the wildlife refuge earlier this month after two local ranchers were sent to prison for setting fires on federal land.

• WATCH: The showdown at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

KATU News spoke with Harney County Judge Steven Grasty last weekend, who expressed his worry regarding the situation.

"Somebody will do something stupid," Grasty said. "If it goes south, it'll go south because Mr. Bundy or his friends started something."

Around the same time, Bundy told KATU his group had no intention of using their weapons, "but we have them, and we're willing to stand with them in our own defense as we exercise our rights, and as we restore our rights back to our brothers and sisters."

Gov. Kate Brown had repeatedly asked for assistance from federal authorities regarding the occupation.

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BREAKING NEWS -

ONE KILLED, ONE INJURED DURING ARREST OF LEADER OF GROUP OCCUPYING OREGON WILDLIFE REFUGE, POLICE SAY

1 killed, 1 injured during arrest of Ammon Bundy, leader of Oregon standoff

Published January 26, 2016 FoxNews.com

Ammon Bundy, one of the sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, speaks with reporters during a news conference at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, near Burns, Ore. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)


One person was killed and another was injured after shots were fired during the arrest of the leader of a group of armed protesters occupying a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon, officials said.

In a statement Tuesday, the FBI said one individual "who was a subject of a federal probable cause arrest is deceased."

No other information about the deceased was immediately released.

The FBI said authorities arrested Ammon Bundy, 40, his brother Ryan Bundy, 43, Brian Cavalier, 44, Shawna Cox, 59, and Ryan Payne, 32, during a traffic stop Tuesday afternoon on U.S. Highway 395.

Authorities said another person, Joseph Donald O'Shaughnessy, 45, was arrested in Burns.

The protesters were heading to a public meeting in two cars about a demonstration in the town of John Day, Ore. when there was an interaction with law enforcement on Highway 395 in Oregon, law enforcement officials told Fox News.

The Harney County Hospital in Burns, Ore. is on lockdown as a result of the incident.

Bundy's group, which has included people from as far away as Arizona and Michigan, seized the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on Jan. 2 as part of a long-running dispute over public lands in the West.

Bundy is the son of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, who was involved in a high-profile 2014 standoff with the government over grazing rights.

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Oregon standoff: Ammon Bundy in custody, 1 dead (live updates)




Highway 395 was blocked at Seneca between John Day and Burns by Oregon State police officers the evening of Tuesday, January 26, 2016. Dave Killen / staff
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on January 26, 2016 at 6:21 PM, updated January 26, 2016 at 7:31 PM
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One militant is dead and the top leaders of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation are in police custody after law enforcement officials confronted members of the anti-government group Tuesday afternoon. Ammon Bundy and his followers seized the wildlife refuge on Jan. 2, insisting they wouldn't leave until their demands were met, including the freeing of two Harney County ranchers jailed on federal arson charges. Here are the latest developments:

6:55 p.m.: The FBI and Oregon State Police confirm that they took an "enforcement action" to take the occupiers into custody. One person was killed and another wounded. Those arrested include:

• Ammon Edward Bundy, 40, of Emmett, Idaho
• Ryan C. Bundy, 43, of Bunkerville, Nevada
• Brian Cavalier, 44, of Bunkerville, Nevada
• Shawna Cox, 59, Kanab, Utah
• Ryan Waylen Payne, 32, of Anaconda, Montana

The name of the person who died has not been released.
Joseph Donald O'Shaughnessy, 45, of Cottonwood, Arizona, was also arrested by the Oregon State Police in Burns at about 5:50 p.m.

Each of the people who have been arrested are facing a felony charge of conspiracy to impede federal officers.

6:50 p.m.: Ryan Bundy, 43, of Bunkerville, Nevada, suffered a minor gunshot wound and was taken into custody in a highway stop conducted by the FBI and the Oregon State Police.

6:18 p.m. Lisa Goodman, a spokeswoman for St. Charles Health System in Bend, said an AirLink ambulance was dispatched to Burns. She couldn't confirm how many people it is set to retrieve, or whether Ammon Bundy is among them.

"It's on the ground there now," Goodman said. "We can't confirm it's Ammon Bundy. We don't know who it is."

6:13 p.m.: The Oregon Department of Transportation closed 56 miles of U.S. 395 between Burns and John Day after unconfirmed reports that Ammon Bundy was taken into custody.

The closure stretches from Milepost 12, south of Canyon City, to Milepost 68, just outside of Burns.

5:46 p.m.: Two people have been shot and Ammon Bundy is in custody, according to a livestream report by Pete Santilli. The self-styled journalist is also repoting that the FBI has told protesters at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Harney County that they are free to go and need to leave immediately.

Santilli said he was waiting outside a hospital in Burns to confirm the reports of the shootings.

Two men were down, possibly injured," he said.

The Oregonian/OregonLive could not independently confirm the reports

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LaVoy Finicum was the person killed during the arrest of occupiers of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, a law enforcement official said.

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