The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office, which did not name Reinoehl pending verified identification and notification of next of kin, said in a statement early Friday that a law enforcement task force was performing surveillance on an apartment where they thought a homicide suspect was. The subject stepped out, and got into a vehicle to leave.
Warning: Video is disturbing. The suspect in the fatal Portland shooting of pro-Trump, Patriot Prayer supporter Aaron “Jay” Danielson has died. Michael Forest Reinoehl,48, was killed by a U. S. Marshals task force near Lacey, Washington, Piere County sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer said, according to The Olympian. U. S. Marshals Service spokesperson Dave Oney wrote that Portland police had issued a warrant for his arrest. The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office, which did not name Reinoehl pending verified identification and notification of next of kin, said in a statement early Friday that a law enforcement task force was performing surveillance on an apartment where they thought a homicide suspect was. The subject stepped out and got into a vehicle to leave. “During the attempt to apprehend him, shots were fired at the suspect in the vehicle and he fled from the vehicle on foot,” deputies said. “Additional shots were fired at the suspect and he was later pronounced deceased at the location.” They said he had a handgun. Local men Chad Smith and Chase Cutler spoke to The Olympian. They were working on cars when the shooting happened. They said the man stepped out of his vehicle and opened fire using what they believed to be an assault rifle.
