Michael Reinoehl is vannacht omgekomen toen de politie hem wou arresteren.
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Michael Reinoehl, man sought in the fatal Portland shooting after Trump rally, killed by officers in WA, published report says
Officers on a federal fugitive task force seeking to arrest Michael Forest Reinoehl on a warrant in the deadly shooting Saturday night in downtown Portland shot and killed him in Washington as they tried to take him into custody, according to The New York Times.
Officers from the U.S. Marshals Service and Thurston County Sheriff’s Office were involved in serving the arrest warrant, an emergency dispatcher told The Oregonian/OregonLive.
Thurston County Sheriff John Snaza confirmed to The Olympian newspaper that U.S. marshals shot a man on a street in Tanglewilde, an area near Lacey, Washington. The newspaper reported that a neighbor said he saw two SUVs pull up and then heard 30 to 40 shots.
The Washington Post reported that the FBI found Reinoehl and an officer shot him when he “pulled a gun.”
Reinoehl was identified on social media within hours of the Portland shooting that left Aaron “Jay” Danielson, 39, lying dead on Southwest Third Avenue from a gunshot wound to the chest after a pro-Trump rally.
Reinoehl acknowledged his involvement to a freelance journalist in an interview posted by Vice News on Thursday night. He said he acted in self-defense, believing he was about to be stabbed. He said he was aware of what happened and then ran from the scene.
Reinoehl has said on social media that he has provided security at some of the Black Lives Matter events in the city and described himself as an anti-fascist.
Reinoehl said in the interview aired on Vice that he decided to speak out, although lawyers advised him against saying anything. He talked to freelance journalist Donovan Farley.
“You know, lots of lawyers suggest that I shouldn’t even be saying anything, but I feel it’s important that the world at least gets a little bit of what’s really going on, because there’s been a lot of propaganda put out,” he said.
Reinoehl encountered Danielson walking with a friend after a car caravan in support of President Trump had left downtown Portland. The rally was marked by people firing paintball guns and streaming pepper spray or mace from trucks and opponents throwing objects at them and blocking streets.
Danielson’s shooting was caught on video by Justin Dunlap, who was livestreaming the demonstration on his Facebook page. He told The Oregonian/OregonLive, “I saw the victim pull something up from his hip with his right hand and a big cloud of mace goes in the air. And then half a second later, there were two pops.”
Danielson can be seen stumbling two or three steps before collapsing on Southwest Third Avenue, south of Alder Street.
In the Vice News report, Reinoehl appears to admit to the shooting, saying, “I had no choice.” But he then adds, “I mean, I, I had a choice. I could have sat there and watched them kill a friend of mine of color, but I wasn’t going to do that.”
Another man dressed in dark clothes was at the scene of the shooting. The video also shows him also running away after the gunshots.
Reinoehl said he’d been out earlier in the evening Saturday with his son and noticed a number of trucks with American flags driving through the city, but “wasn’t even aware of what was going on.”
He said he spoke to some friends about what he had seen, returned home and then received a call from someone saying it “might be a good idea to come down there. Security may be needed not knowing what that would entail. I had no idea what I was going into.”
He didn’t describe exactly what prompted the two gunshots Saturday night or provide details on the gun he used, but told the interviewer he believed the shooting was justified.
“I am confident that my friend and I’m sure I would have been killed because I wasn’t going to stand there and let something happen,” Reinoehl said.
“I realized what had happened,” he told the interviewer. “I was confident that I did not hit anyone innocent. And I made my exit.”
Portland resident Nate Millsap also caught part of the shooting on video. Millsap, who runs a YouTube channel called Stumptown Matters, had videotaped the pro-Trump caravan heading into downtown over the Morrison Bridge. He was downtown until the last trucks appeared to leave and then decided to walk south on Third Avenue towards the Justice Center.
“I felt like things were winding down,” Millsap told The Oregonian/OregonLive.
While standing at the corner of Third and Washington Street, “I saw some commotion playing out in the street. Some people were intimidating vehicles,” Millsap said.
He was done filming but kept his camera rolling, facing down as he walked.
Millsap said there was a Black man with a Black Lives Matter hat on, yelling at cars stopped at the light, saying things like, “What are you afraid of me for? I’m not the one oppressing people .”
Millsap continued walking south on the west side of Third Avenue.
“Then all of a sudden, I heard a voice yell out, ‘Hey we got two right here. Pull it.’ And then two shots,” Millsap recalled.
He ducked for cover in a nearby alcove of a business, but immediately pulled his camera up to film, capturing Chandler Pappas turning over his friend, Danielson, and asking, “Jay, Jay, are you OK?”
Danielson, who was wearing a Patriot Prayer hat, was with Pappas, another supporter of the right-wing group, when he was killed.
In an interview posted to YouTube late Wednesday, Pappas said he and Danielson had not encountered the suspected shooter until moments before the shooting.
Pappas said he and Danielson “became isolated” from other participants in the caravan when the suspected shooter approached. He said “these guys” were shouting at Pappas and Danielson, prompting Danielson to turn around.
He said Danielson “did raise his can” of bear mace. He said he does not know if Danielson had a chance to deploy the spray before he was shot in the chest.
Pappas said he met Danielson about a year ago, around the time he began attending rallies.
Reinoehl described himself on social media as “100 % ANTIFA all the way!” He has posted photos of recent protests he’s attended in downtown Portland and elsewhere in the wake of the May 25 killing of George Floyd, who died after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes.
In the video interview, Reinoehl said he’s anti-fascist but not a member of antifa or anything.
The night before the fatal shooting, Reinoehl was seen at a demonstration in the Pearl District outside Mayor Ted Wheeler’s condo. Reinoehl had brought his daughter, who was carrying a baseball bat.
He’s also had several recent run-ins with police involving guns this summer.
Shortly after 2 a.m. on July 5, Portland police seized a 9mm handgun from him and arrested him on allegations of possessing a loaded gun in a public place, as well as interfering with police and resisting arrest. The encounter occurred in the 700 block of Southwest Main Street.
While officers were struggling with him and trying to arrest him, the gun dropped from Reinoehl , according to police. He was cited and released, and it’s unclear if the gun was ever returned to him. Police haven’t responded to a public records request for the police report.
He was given a date to appear in court later that month, but the allegations were dropped with a “no complaint,” according to court records. The Multnomah County District Attorney’s office said the case is still under review.
On July 26, Reinoehl tried to wrestle a gun away from a man who was involved in a skirmish downtown. Reinoehl was shot in the upper right arm when the man’s gun discharged during the chaotic brawl. The gun’s owner, Aaron Collins of Colton, said he ended up running from the scene and left his gun behind.
The 9mm handgun hasn’t been recovered, said Collins, who wore the pistol in a holster on his hip and had a concealed gun permit. Police are investigating the fracas, they said.
Reinoehl was also wanted on a failure to appear warrant stemming from a June 8 speed racing case in Baker County in eastern Oregon. He and his 17-year-old son were racing in two different cars at speeds of up to 111 mph heading east on Interstate 84 after midnight near North Powder, state police said.
He was driving a 2005 Cadillac STS with his 11-year-old daughter as a passenger, police said. Inside the car, police said they found marijuana, “unidentified prescription pills” and a loaded Glock pistol for which Reinoehl didn’t have a concealed handgun license, state police said.
Reinoehl faced allegations of driving under the influence of a controlled substance, recklessly endangering another, unlawful possession of a gun and driving while suspended and uninsured.