There was no child in the vehicle. Victoria Sharp was the youngest occupant and she was 18 at the time of the shooting. The other woman on the video SAID “tell them we have children in here” but that was more of her BS. She’s also the one that said that Finicum was “on his knees with his hands up” when he was “executed.” Sounds like something straight out of Ferguson, Missouri, especially when you see the videos and realize what complete BS it is.
There were a total of 8 lethal rounds fired. Three were fired at the vehicle as it approached the roadblock and it was apparent that it wouldn’t stop. Those hit nobody. Then, two shots were fired at the truck immediately after Finicum got out. They didn’t hit Finicum, but one did break the rear driver’s side window. Investigators say that it was shrapnel that hit the Bundy son that was in the back driver’s side seat, I would guess from this bullet hitting the metal doorframe of the truck.
Then there were 3 rounds fired at Finicum after he went for his gun twice.
All other rounds fired were non-lethal rounds like flashbangs and teargas rounds. Apparently, according to reports, there was one of these non-lethal rounds fired at the truck or in its general direction before or during the first traffic stop, but it’s not referenced in the video at all. There was no “continually firing rounds into the vehicle.”
Hmmm, I’ll go back and watch the video once again, but I could swear I saw a child and heard him whimpering.
Says the lead attorney for the prosecution. Tell Loretta we all said hi. :-)
The shooting of Finicum was NOT justified, and his family will get a very significant payout for wrongful death.
(1) The roadblock was positioned so that it could not be seen and so it caught Lavoy by surprise. Specifically, the roadblock was behind a blind curve and there was no warning of the roadblock. Further, the visible trucks forming the roadblock were not marked and did not have flashing lights. All of this combines to result in the initial firing of 3 bullets into the car as unjustified - because of the positioning of the roadblock, Lavoy did not have a chance to stop.
(2) The shots fired at Finicum (were likely intended to kill Lavoy) would have been interpreted by Finicum as an attempt to kill him. Knowing that he hadn’t used “lethal force” up until this point, the combination of the shots fired at the truck and the two fired at Finicum after getting out give him the privilege of self-defense. (LEO’s do not have the right to murder you - which is likely what he thought was happening).
(3) We still don’t know when the 3 shots were fired at Finicum, however, the video is NOT properly synced as the angle of Finicum’s body at the time the shots are heard does not match the autopsy report. But, going back to my point above, because of the unjustified shots fired, Lavoy was legally entitled to self-defense, and him going for a weapon would not justify his killing. (Unless you believe that shiny badges give special rights).