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LOCAL & STATE 6A — BAKER CITY HERALD SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2020 Suspect in Portland shooting killed by federal officers By Michael Balsamo and Ted Warren Baker County D.A. discusses local charges against shooting suspect Associated Press LACEY, Wash. — A man sus- pected of fatally shooting a supporter of a right-wing group in Portland last week after a caravan of Don- ald Trump backers rode through downtown was killed Thursday as investigators moved in to arrest him, the U.S. Marshals Service said Friday. The man, Michael Forest Reinoehl, 48, was killed as a federal task force attempted to apprehend him near Lacey, Washington, about 120 miles north of Portland. Reinoehl was the prime suspect in the killing of 39-year-old Aaron “Jay” Danielson, who was shot in the chest Saturday night, a senior Justice Department offi cial told The Associated Press. Federal agents from the FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service had located him on Thursday after a warrant was issued for his arrest, and Reinoehl pulled a gun during the encounter, the offi cial said. The offi cial wasn’t authorized to discuss the matter pub- licly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity. A U.S. Marshals Service statement later said the fugitive task force “at- tempted to peacefully arrest him.” “Initial reports indicate the suspect produced a fi rearm, threatening the lives of law enforcement offi cers. Task force members responded to the threat and struck the suspect who was pronounced dead at the scene,” the statement said. The U.S. Marshals Service fugitive task forces, comprised of deputy marshals, other federal agents and local law enforcement offi cers from a variety of agencies, are responsible for apprehending violent felons and other wanted suspects. Thurston County Sheriff’s Lt. Ray Brady said four task force members CANDIDATES By Chris Collins ccollins@bakercityherald.com Nathan Howard / Getty Images Investigators move the body of a man who is reportedly Michael Forest Reinoehl after he was shot and killed by law enforcement on Thursday in Lacey, Washington, near Olympia. fi red their weapons, including two Pierce County Sheriff’s deputies, an offi cer from the Lakewood Police Department and an offi cer from the Washington State Department of Corrections. Brady said investigators haven’t yet determined how many rounds were fi red. The suspect was alone at the time of the shooting, Brady said, with no children or other people present. Brady said he doesn’t think the suspect lived at the address where he was shot, and it’s not clear what brought him to Lacey. “We don’t know that specifi cally yet,” Brady said. “I do not believe that was his residence.” Reinoehl had described himself in a social media post as “100% ANTIFA.” A regular presence at anti- racism demonstrations in Portland, he suggested the tactics of counter- protesters amounted to “warfare,” and had been shot at one protest and cited for having a gun at another. On July 26, Reinoehl was shot near the votes to Gudman’s 41.7%. Gudman points out that he Continued from Page 5A trailed Read by about 42,000 Other candidates for votes in an election where a secretary of state are Shemia third candidate, Chris Telfer, Fagan, the nominee of the received almost 174,000 votes. Democratic and Working Telfer not only is not seeking Families parties, Kyle Markley the offi ce this year, but she has of the Libertarian Party, and endorsed Gudman. Nathalie Paravicini of the He is optimistic that the Progressive and Pacifi c Green prospect of gaining many of parties. the votes that went to Telfer in 2016 will give him an advan- Treasurer candidate tage over Read, the incumbent. Jeff Gudman “I think that’s going to be a Gudman, a former Lake Os- big difference,” Gudman said wego city councilor, is familiar in an interview prior to Thurs- with the challenge of seeking day’s event in Baker City. a statewide elected offi ce as a Gudman said that although Republican. he understands the challenge He was the Republican that any Republican candidate nominee for state treasurer in faces in seeking a statewide 2016, losing in a competitive offi ce, he doesn’t see the trea- race to Democrat Tobias Read, surer’s position as a partisan who received almost 44% of one. his elbow after he got involved in a scuffl e between an armed white man and a group of young people of color. The man who was carrying that gun, Aaron Scott Collins, told The Orego- nian/OregonLive that he and a friend had just left a bar when they saw the group harassing an older Black man. His friend began fi lming them with a phone, and the group confronted them, calling them Nazis, he said. Reinoehl later that day spoke to an AP videographer. His arm was wrapped in a bloody bandage; he said he was on his way to meet protest medics so they could change it. He said he didn’t know what had started the altercation between Col- lins and the group, but that several people had decided to intervene when they saw Collins fi ghting with minors. “As soon as the adults jumped in, he pulled out a gun,” Reinoehl said. “I jumped in there and pulled the gun away from people’s heads, avoided being shot in the stomach and I got shot in the arm.” “My vision for this state is serving all Oregonians,” Gud- man said. “The treasurer posi- tion is one about competence. To me it is not a Democrat or Republican or Independent issue.” He contends Read has been too passive as treasurer. Gudman cites as examples the revenue shortfalls the state must deal with due to the pandemic, and Oregon’s ongoing challenge to reduce the cost of its Public Employ- ees Retirement System. “Tobias is nowhere to be found to offer his thinking about these issues,” Gudman said. Although he acknowledges that state offi cials have limited options in dealing with PERS because many of the benefi ts to retired public employees Baker County District At- torney Greg Baxter said Baker County misdemeanor charges against Michael Forest Reinoehl would have been a lower priority compared to the murder charges the Portland man would have faced in a fatal shooting there. But the matter is moot now, as Reinoehl, 48, was fatally shot by federal agents when they tried to arrest him Thursday in Washington. The Baker County District At- torney’s Offi ce charged Reinoehl on June 22 with driving under the infl uence of controlled sub- stances, reckless driving, reck- lessly endangering and unlawful possession of a fi rearm, all Class A misdemeanors. Reinoehl was accused of endangering his 11-year-old daughter, who was a passenger in the vehicle he was driv- ing during the alleged June 8 freeway race, which police said reached speeds of up to 111 mph. Reinoehl was driving a 2005 Cadillac STS and his 17-year- old son, who was not named by police, was driving a Subaru Impreza as they traveled east on the freeway. The boy also was charged with driving under the infl uence of marijuana and un- lawful possession of a fi rearm. Reinoehl’s unlawful posses- sion of a fi rearm charge accused him of traveling with a loaded are contractually guaranteed, he believes Read should have advocated for Oregon to use hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue resulting from the 2017 federal tax bill to reduce PERS’ unfunded liability. Gudman also contends that Read, as the elected offi cial “in charge of the balance sheet for handgun that was concealed and readily accessible to him in his car, for which he did not have a concealed handgun license. The gun remains in evidence with the Oregon State Police, said Pam Smith, OSP offi ce specialist in Baker City. Reinoehl was scheduled to be arraigned on July 8. He did not show up for the arraignment and Baker County Circuit Court Judge Matt Shirtcliff issued a warrant for his arrest on a fail- ure to appear charge that day. Reinoehl was arrested on July 5 for interfering with a peace offi cer and resisting arrest and possession of a loaded fi rearm in a public place during a protest in Portland, but under a policy that Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced, Reinoehl was not charged. Schmidt said his offi ce “will presumptively decline to charge cases where the most serious offenses are city ordinance violations and crimes that do not involve deliberate property dam- age, theft, or the use or threat of force against another person.” Baxter expressed his opposi- tion to Schmidt’s policy. “(Reinoehl) was released in Portland because their district attorney has a policy where he’s not charging people at the pro- tests. So he got out and allegedly committed this murder,” Baxter said. the state,” should have advo- cated for the state to use about $85 million the federal govern- ment gave the state a decade ago to upgrade the computer system for the Employment Department. 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