FBI shows video of Tuesday shooting of occupier

BURNS, Ore. -- A video released Thursday by the FBI of the shooting death of a spokesman for the armed occupiers of a wildlife refuge shows the man reaching into his jacket before he fell into the snow.

The FBI said the man had a gun in his pocket.

The FBI showed the video at a news conference to counter claims the man killed in the Tuesday confrontation on a remote road -- Robert Finicum -- did nothing to provoke officers.

During that confrontation, the FBI and Oregon State Troopers arrested five main figures in the occupation, including Ammon Bundy, their main leader.

The video, shot by the FBI from an airplane, shows a vehicle being driven by Bundy stopped by police on a road.

A white truck driven by Finicum was stopped but took off, with officers in pursuit. The video shows Finicum's vehicle going into a snowbank when encountering a roadblock.

A man identified as Finicum gets out of the truck, there is gunfire as he reaches into his jacket, and he falls into the snow.

"On at least two occasions, Finicum reaches his right hand toward a pocket on the left inside portion of his jacket," said Greg Bretzing, special agent in charge for the FBI in Portland, Oregon.

"He did have a loaded 9mm semi-automatic handgun in the pocket," he said.

Bretzing also said Finicum's truck nearly hit an FBI agent before it got stuck in the snow.

"Actions have consequences," Bretzing said. "The FBI and OSP tried to effect these arrests peacefully."

The Oregon State Medical Examiner's Office on Thursday confirmed the person shot in the Tuesday confrontation was Finicum, a 54-year-old Arizona rancher.

Meanwhile, four occupiers remained at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, demanding assurances they would not be arrested.

The occupation by ranchers and others began Jan. 2, and at one point a couple dozen people were holed up, demanding the federal government turn public lands over to local control.

But the compound has been emptying out since the arrest of Bundy, and 10 others over the past few days, and with the death of Finicum.