For someone like you, it probably does seem "weird". That said, by all indications, he was prepared to surrender. He had is hands in the air - that's usually a sign of surrender - no?
"I have been raised in the country all my life. I love dearly to feel the wind on my face, to see the sun rise, to see the moon in the night. I have no intention of spending any of my days in a concrete box." - LaVoy Finicum
Oregon Occupier LaVoy Finicum Warns FBI He’d Take Death Over Jail
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/oregon-occupier-lavoy-finicum-warns-fbi-he-d-take-death-n491056
January 6th;
This also came with a warning: “I’m telling them right now — don’t point guns at me,” he said.
The FBI and local police said Tuesday night they had no information to release about arrest warrants.
Finicum hinted earlier Tuesday he was keen for an end to the situation. “I need to get home,” he said. “I got cows that are scattered and lost.”
Going home would have been a good choice, instead of all the bad ones that ended with him getting killed.