Breaking Report: Shots Fired at Oregon Standoff - Ammon Bundy Arrested by FBI

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Oregon Live is reporting that the standoff at Oregon’s Malheur Wildlife Refuge may no longer be a standoff: Pete Santilli: Militants supporter says Ammon Bundy in custody.

(Santilli is a far right lunatic, so we should consider this report unconfirmed at this point.)

Two people have been shot and Ammon Bundy is in custody, according to a YouTube live stream report by Pete Santilli, who was speaking outside a hospital in Burns.

Santilli, a self-styled journalist, took to social media to discuss the breaking development late Tuesday afternoon. He also reported that the FBI has told the protesters at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge that they are free to go and need to leave immediately.

UPDATE at 1/26/16 6:16:53 pm by Charles Johnson

Apparently the FBI made their move when the Bundy gang was en route to a senior citizens’ center at John Day, Oregon.

UPDATE at 1/26/16 6:20:55 pm by Charles Johnson

Leader of Oregon occupation Ammon Bundy, three others arrested | KATU

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

Sources tell KATU News there was some sort of engagement involving shots fired as the militia group was on its way to a meeting in John Day.

Highway 395 closed between Burns and John Day around 5 p.m.

The details of the arrest have not yet been released, but officials say there are injuries in the area.

UPDATE at 1/26/16 6:27:08 pm by Charles Johnson
UPDATE at 1/26/16 6:46:56 pm by Charles Johnson
UPDATE at 1/26/16 7:11:30 pm by Charles Johnson

We now have word that one unidentified person was killed during the FBI operation:

UPDATE at 1/26/16 7:51:36 pm by Charles Johnson
UPDATE at 1/26/16 7:56:03 pm by Charles Johnson

Las Vegas Assemblywoman Michele Fiore just tweeted her support for the Bundy gang, saying LaVoy Finicum was “murdered with his hands up.”

UPDATE at 1/26/16 8:07:47 pm by Charles Johnson

Jon Ritzheimer and Pete Santilli are now also in custody: Bundys in custody, one militant dead after gunfight near Burns.

Several hours later, Jon Ritzheimer, 32, a key militant leader, surrendered to police in Arizona on the conspiracy charge. He gained national fame for complaining on a video about the delivery of sex toys to the refuge in response to the occupiers’ plea for supplies.

Police also arrested Pete Santilli, an independent broadcaster known for his aggressive manner and live streaming refuge events. He also faces a conspiracy charge to impede federal officers.

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