Excerpt from interview “Today, Shawna Cox, who was also a passenger in Mr. Finicum’s truck provided a second eyewitness account of the events, including her efforts to try and help protect Ms. Sharp (and Ryan Bundy who was also a passenger) during “a hailstorm†of gunfire. Describing desperate pleas, screams, and constant prayer, Ms. Cox recounted her recollection of a barrage of “hundreds†of rounds of ammunition being fired into the white pickup truck by law enforcement agents – before, during and after Mr. Finicum’s death. The interview (included below) took place after Ms. Cox contacted me via text message, and in a subsequent telephone interview relayed her personal account of the events, including what she witnessed, what she heard and her first-hand recollection of how events were set-up by a suspected government informant.
In this January 30, 2016 episode of Free Capitalist Radio, Ms. Cox also expresses some reservation in sharing these details noting that, based upon her observation, the FBI and OSP wanted all of passengers in the vehicle dead, and that while free on pretrial release – she is still in a very risky legal and personal situation. But, she explains, “the truth must get out.†Her mission now, she says, is helping in the defense of all those arrested (including herself) and remaining dedicated to protecting the Constitution and continuing the fight to stop the abuses brought to light by the Malheur Refuge protest. In doing this, she says, she is also honoring the sacrifice made by LaVoy Finicum.”
FreeCapitalist.com is planning to do a composite video of the FBI ariel footage accompanied with these two eyewitness accounts, and a related story comparing the factual allegations to the video evidence. This should be published in the next few days.”
As posted on Facebook the statements made by Shawna in the interview linked above.
“Quotes from Shawna:
At the first stop “ Ryan Payne had both hands out the window and they shot at him”
“Bullets started flying”
“He (LaVoy) jumps out and they are shooting everything. We have lasers everywhere. The bullets don’t quit. They just keep going.”
“5-10 minutes after LaVoy was dead they were still shooting. They wanted us all dead. It was evident.”
“How many rounds?” “Hundreds, hundreds”
“It was evident they had every intention of killing us.”
“Do you still have that video?” “No, they took everything.”
“I’m almost positive he had a bullet proof vest on”
“Even after he was dead they shot him. It was a nightmare.”
“He did not have a gun in his hands. He had no weapons in his hands.”
“We were singing hymns and praying”
“Bullets were flying everywhere. They were coming from behind, that’s what saved us.”
On Mark:
“LaVoy is dead and he is talking about good thing his jeep is still there”
“He wasn’t there, he didn’t see it”
“He is telling lies. Why doesn’t Mark have to go to Portland? We are sure he set us up.”