Man killed in Oregon shootout identified as standoff spokesman Robert 'LaVoy' Finicum

Oregon militia spokesman Robert "LaVoy" Finicum has been identified by his family as the man killed during a traffic stop in Oregon Tuesday evening.
FBI and Oregon State Police officers stopped several vehicles 20 miles north of Burns, and arrested Ammon Bundy and other leaders of the group that first occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge three weeks ago. Shots were fired, but authorities have not released any details on who shot first. The refuge occupiers were on their way to a meeting in John Day, authorities said.
While officials have not publicly named Finicum, 55, as the man killed during the shootout with police, his daughter, Arianna Finicum Brown, told The Oregonian it was her father. "My dad was such a good man," she said. "He would never ever want to hurt somebody, but he does believe in defending freedom and he knew the risks involved." Finicum lived in Cane Beds, Arizona, and had 11 children.
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Ryan Bundy, 43, sustained a minor gunshot wound, but has been treated and released from a hospital and is in FBI custody. In addition to Ryan Bundy and Ammon Bundy, Ryan W. Payne, 32, of Anaconda, Montana; Brian Cavalier, 44, of Bunkerville, Nevada; and Shawna J. Cox, 59, of Kanab, Utah, were arrested and charged with conspiracy to impeded federal officers, a felony.
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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