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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast SUNDAY TODAY Breezy and cooler with clearing Sun and some clouds 61° 33° 60° 36° MONDAY TUESDAY Partly sunny and nice Mostly sunny and pleasantly warm PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 74° 47° 75° 47° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 65° 35° 65° 34° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 66° 63° 92° (1934) 39° 40° 18° (1927) PRECIPITATION 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date 0.00" 1.37" 0.80" 5.08" 7.54" 4.76" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday LOW 71° 66° 90° (1934) 0.00" 1.55" 0.54" 3.93" 5.47" 3.65" SUN AND MOON Apr 29 Bend 58/29 5:59 a.m. 7:49 p.m. 10:38 a.m. 1:12 a.m. Last New May 7 May 15 Caldwell 70/38 Burns 63/29 Astoria Baker City Bend Brookings Burns Enterprise Eugene Heppner Hermiston John Day Klamath Falls La Grande Meacham Medford Newport North Bend Ontario Pasco Pendleton Portland Redmond Salem Spokane Ukiah Vancouver Walla Walla Yakima Lo 41 29 29 45 29 28 37 32 34 32 32 32 28 40 39 41 39 36 33 42 29 39 34 25 39 39 37 W c pc pc s s pc pc pc pc pc s pc pc pc pc pc s pc pc c pc pc pc pc c pc pc Hi 59 61 58 65 63 57 62 58 65 62 65 59 56 69 57 59 70 65 60 66 61 64 57 55 64 62 65 Lo 41 31 29 48 28 30 37 33 35 30 31 32 30 41 42 44 42 37 36 44 30 42 37 27 40 39 37 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W pc pc pc s pc pc pc pc pc pc s pc pc s pc s pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc WORLD CITIES Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo (in mph) Boardman Pendleton Klamath Falls 66/32 Hi 66 82 70 75 82 65 82 74 75 73 76 Lo 53 75 53 56 56 36 58 55 49 65 61 W r t pc pc pc r pc s s pc s Sun. Hi 60 84 64 70 82 42 79 72 70 74 78 Lo 53 74 48 47 59 27 52 53 50 63 61 W c pc pc pc pc sf pc pc r pc s REGIONAL FORECAST Coastal Oregon: Partly sunny in central parts today; a shower across the north. Sunny in the south. Eastern and Central Oregon: Clouds and sun today; clearing across the north. Mostly sunny in the south and upper Treasure Valley. Western Washington: A shower in the morning; otherwise, mostly cloudy today. Partly cloudy tonight. Eastern Washington: Clearing in the north and near the Idaho border today; a shower in the mountains. Cascades: Partly sunny today; however, more clouds across the north. Mainly clear tonight. Northern California: Sunshine today; pleas- ant in central parts. Mainly clear tonight. Today Sunday WSW 10-20 W 10-20 NE 4-8 NNE 6-12 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 1 3 6 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. Main St., Hermiston 541-567-6211 Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed major holidays East Oregonian (USPS 164-980) is published daily except Sunday, Monday and postal holidays, by the EO Media Group, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801. Periodicals postage paid at Pendleton, OR. Postmaster: send address changes to East Oregonian, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801. 2 The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num- ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 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WINDS Medford 68/40 PRECIPITATION Apr 22 John Day 60/32 Ontario 72/39 36° 40° 22° (1931) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today First Full Albany 60/37 Eugene 60/37 TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records 81° 49° Spokane Wenatchee 56/34 59/37 Tacoma Moses 58/38 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 62/35 55/32 53/38 57/37 63/37 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 57/36 62/39 Lewiston 66/35 Astoria 63/39 55/41 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 61/42 Pendleton 57/28 The Dalles 65/34 61/33 64/40 La Grande Salem 58/32 61/39 Corvallis 60/39 HIGH 77° 46° Seattle 57/42 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 71° 41° Today WEDNESDAY Mostly sunny and nice 65° 40° Saturday, April 21, 2018 Single copy price: $1 Tuesday through Friday, $1.50 Saturday -10s -0s showers t-storms 0s 10s rain 20s flurries 30s 40s snow ice 50s 60s cold front 70s 80s 90s 100s warm front stationary front 110s high low National Summary: Rain will soak a large portion of the central and southern Plains as storms rumble across central and eastern Texas today. Showers will dot the Florida Peninsula and the Northwest. Most other areas will be dry. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 96° in Presidio, Texas Low 10° in Embarrass, Minn. NATIONAL CITIES Today Albuquerque Atlanta Atlantic City Baltimore Billings Birmingham Boise Boston Charleston, SC Charleston, WV Chicago Cleveland Dallas Denver Detroit El Paso Fairbanks Fargo Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City Las Vegas Little Rock Los Angeles Hi 71 72 56 62 70 76 69 56 72 67 56 52 64 48 57 80 42 60 84 75 60 70 52 86 70 81 Lo 44 55 42 42 42 58 41 38 54 40 38 36 51 30 36 54 19 39 74 65 43 63 44 67 56 58 W s s s s pc s pc s s s pc pc r sn pc s c pc r t pc pc r s c pc Sun. 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The testimony released Thursday includes state- ments from four FBI agents — identified by their initials T.S., B.M., I.M. and C.S. — all who were on the scene when Arizona rancher Robert “LaVoy” Finicum was shot and killed by two Oregon State Police SWAT team members at a traffic stop on a remote stretch of Eastern Oregon road in 2016. The transcripts are signif- icant because they form the basis for the government’s case against FBI special agent W. Joseph Astarita, who worked as a member of the elite hostage rescue team that coordinated the traffic stop. Prosecutors allege Astarita fired his weapon twice at Finicum’s truck and later failed to disclose those shots when ques- tioned. Investigators ruled the shooting justified, but prosecutors have charged Astarita with several counts of making false statements to investigators and obstructing justice after the shooting. Astarita — who still works for the FBI — has pleaded not guilty to the charges. The grand jury testimony and other documents were included in the public court record after OPB and The Oregonian/OregonLive filed a legal motion chal- lenging the government’s protective order in the case. In the portions of the newly unsealed transcripts, none of the FBI agents testified they heard or saw Astarita fire his weapon. But the special agent identified as I.M. told the grand jury on June 28, FBI via AP, file This photo taken from an FBI video shows Robert “LaVoy” Finicum after he was fatally shot by police Jan. 26, 2016 near Burns. On Tuesday, authorities said police were justified in killing Finicum. 2016, that Astarita stood out from his colleagues after the shooting. At the time, I.M. was asking other HRT members if they were OK and if anyone fired their weapon. “And (Astarita) stood out because he said something to me,” I.M. testified. “Everyone else kind of nodded or gave me a thumbs-up. He said something, I didn’t catch it, and I said, ‘What?’ And he said, ‘Hey, man, you don’t got to ask me that, bro,’ or, ‘I’m good, bro, don’t ask me that,’ which is typical for Joe. He’s just kind of a flippant guy.” I.M. testified he was “perturbed” because he had other things to do and moved on. Agent C.S. testified to the grand jury about the same conversation between I.M. and Astarita. “I interjected, ‘Yeah, he can, and he needs to know if one of our guys shot, there is admin things that have to happen,’” C.S. said. “And by that, I mean, you know, the gun has to — the gun that was used generally gets traded out for another weapon so that the agent isn’t disarmed, but that weapon is segregated so that it can be examined later.” Assistant U.S. Attorney Pamala Holsinger asked what Astarita said. “Then he said, ‘No, bro, we’re good,’” C.S. testified. “That’s my recollection.” Special agent B.M. told the grand jury on the morning of March 1, 2017, that Astarita was standing in front of him when Finicum’s truck went off the road and hit a snowbank. “When that truck hit the snowbank and Finicum got out, did you hear any shots fire?” a federal prosecutor asked B.M. “No. I do not recall hearing shots fired at that time. I do not recall hearing shots fired at that time. I heard shots from the vehicle that came initially around the bank, and then the next shots that I specially recalled were the ones when Mr. Finicum was engaged,” B.M. replied. B.M. testified he was wearing a noise dampening headset during the shooting. He was Astarita’s direct supervisor on the scene and asked him and other HRT operators if they were OK and if any of them fired their weapons. “And in terms of your inquiries, Joe Astarita told you he did not shoot his weapon?” a prosecutor asked. “That’s right,” B.M. said. “He told me he did not fire his weapon.” “And in terms of protocol, you were his director supervisor on scene?” the prosecutor asked. “Yes,” B.M. replied. “I’m his direct — I’m his team leader, so direct supe- rior on scene —” “And off scene, every- where?” the prosecutor asked. “Correct,” B.M said. “And so he’s required, really, to be truthful with you, his supervisor, in that type of dynamic situation or any situation, frankly, I would imagine?” the prose- cutor asked. “Undoubtedly,” B.M. responded. Investigators say a total of eight shots were fired during the incident. But crime scene investigators did not recover eight shell casings at the scene. According to court docu- ments, FBI aerial surveil- lance footage shows what appears to be FBI members using their flashlights in the hour after the shooting searching the roadway in the dark. During his testimony, B.M. told the grand jury he’s “pretty certain” he saw a shell casing on the road. Days after the shooting, B.M. again asked Astarita if he shot, this time at a makeshift headquarters the FBI established at the Burns airport during the 41-day occupation. “I talked to Joe,” B.M. said. “He was — we were in one of the tents. It was just the two of us. And I said — I told him the nature of the situation. I said, ‘It looks like there’s two rounds that have be unaccounted for or are unattributed at this time.’ You know, ‘Did you fire a weapon?’” B.M. said Astarita responded, “‘No, I didn’t fire a weapon.’” B.M. testified that it was a reasonable reply. On Feb. 6, 2016, Oregon State Police questioned FBI HRT operators at the FBI command post in Burns. 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