Results Of Finicum Shooting Investigation Due For Release

Protester LaVoy Finicum from Arizona was fatally shot by law enforcement officials on Jan. 26 during a traffic stop. Finicum was part of an armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

Officials investigating the death of Robert Finicum are ready to release results.

Police fatally shot Finicum during a Jan. 26 traffic stop while trying to arrest the rancher and others involved in the takeover of an Oregon wildlife refuge.

The FBI said Finicum was shot after reaching for a gun and the agency released aerial footage to support that assertion. Backers of the takeover have said the shooting wasn’t justified.

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