LaVoy Finicum shooting: Prosecutors seeking ... metal fragment from Ryan Bundy's shoulder

OregonLive ^ | 8/3und/2017 | Maxine Bernstein

[Spiridon]

The case against an FBI agent charged with lying about firing two shots at Oregon Standoff spokesman Robert "LaVoy" Fincium most likely will turn on expert testimony about the validity of the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office investigation, a defense lawyer said Thursday.

No one reported they saw or heard agent W. Joseph Astarita fire and no direct evidence exists linking any bullet or shell casing to Astarita's rifle, one of his lawyers said.....

"Eight shots were fired. Six shell casings in roadway are all gone" said Assistant US Attorney Pam Holsinger, chief of the criminal division in the Oregon U.S. Attorney's Office. She didn't elaborate.

State troopers fired six of the eight shots, with the other two eventually linked to Astarita, investigators and prosecutors said.......

Assistant US Attorney Paul Maloney also noted that discussions are underway with the lawyer representing Ryan Bundy......

Investigators want to recover a "metallic object" in Bundy's shoulder, Maloney said. They want to analyze it as potential evidence in the case........

[Spiridon]

When LaVoy Fincium was gunned down in January 2016 out in Oregon a lot was going on including the insistence by Ryan Bundy who rode in the passenger front side of Finicum's truck that the FBI injured him with shrapnel.

The FBI took Ryan Bundy to the hospital in Burns, Oregon that night for treatment because he was injured.

The trial for W. Joseph Astarita, the FBI agent accused of lying about shooting at Finicum has been rescheduled for next year.

I'm sure Nextrush would have more analysis on this, but he's vacationing and once came up on his blog and may do so again during his time off Free Republic.

[Ray76]

The only weapons drawn were by the government.

The only shots fired were by the government.

[Salvation]

If you would like more information about what's happening in Oregon, please FReepmail me.

Please send me your name by FReepmail if you want to be on this list.

[Spiridon]

And what a mess, what a mess. This story takes new turns all the time and is worth following, but the ‘mainstream media’ has other agendas at the national level.

[blackdog]

Here is how the media and lazy news outlets see this.

White straight men over 40 with territorial disputes against the federal government which represents all that will advance their careers, are not worth truth.

[humblegunner]

I'm sure Nextrush would have more analysis on this

Because you are him and he is you, you stinking liar of a sockpuppet.