OREGON STANDOFF: FBI AGENT FIRED SECOND SHOT AS LAVOY FINICUM EXITED TRUCK
"Govt experts found that the 2nd shot-as LaVoy Finicum is stepping from his truck-'the defendant is the only person in the core of probablility where that shot could have been taken'"............
"Oregon Live" reporter Maxine Bernstein Tweet 3/6/2018
Federal prosecutors think that FBI Hostage Rescue Team agent W. Joseph Astarita fired his second shot as LaVoy Finicum was leaving his truck moments before being gunned down by Oregon State Police.
Assistant US Attorney Paul Maloney said that government experts have determined Astarita was the only person in the "core of probability" where the shot could have been taken.
Agent Astarita is set to go on trial July 24th for lying and only for lying about what happened during the "felony traffic stop" operation where LaVoy Finicum was killed and Ryan Bundy injured.
Ryan Bundy was apparentlu shot by the FBI agent since one of his shell casings was never recovered and Bundy was x-rayed with shrapnel appearing in the picture hours after the shooting.
The FBI's agent's shooting reinforces the notion of Finicum's friends and supporters that LaVoy was trying to draw fire away from the pickup truck and its passengers as he headed into the snow to be shot dead by the Oregon State Police.
And while its the contention of the OSP that they fired their fatal shots because LaVoy Finicum was reaching for his pocket which contained a pistol, what was Agent Astarita's reasoning for opening fire in the direction of LaVoy and the three passengers in his truck before that?
At the pre-trial hearing in Portland yesterday, US District Judge Robert E. Jones directed the prosecution to have its experts share their methodology used to reach conclusions about Astarita's shooting with defense experts next month.
Proescutors expressed their concern that such disclosure would be used against their experts at trial.
Judge Jones was responsible for detention of the Oregon Standoff protesters. Jones told Ammon Bundy during a jail cell meeting in Portland in 2016 that he wasn't going to be released. Bundy's lawyer said federal prosecutors told the lawyer that he and the others were 'the most dangerous men' they had ever prosecuted.
And while its the contention of the OSP that they fired their fatal shots because LaVoy Finicum was reaching for his pocket which contained a pistol, what was Agent Astarita's reasoning for opening fire in the direction of LaVoy and the three passengers in his truck before that?
At the pre-trial hearing in Portland yesterday, US District Judge Robert E. Jones directed the prosecution to have its experts share their methodology used to reach conclusions about Astarita's shooting with defense experts next month.
Proescutors expressed their concern that such disclosure would be used against their experts at trial.
Judge Jones was responsible for detention of the Oregon Standoff protesters. Jones told Ammon Bundy during a jail cell meeting in Portland in 2016 that he wasn't going to be released. Bundy's lawyer said federal prosecutors told the lawyer that he and the others were 'the most dangerous men' they had ever prosecuted.
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