Suspect in Portland killing of far-right protester ‘shot dead’ by US marshals
Federal and local officers were trying to arrest Michael Forest Reinoehl, 48, on an arrest warrant, says sheriff’s office
The man being investigated over the death of a far-right protester in Portland has been shot dead by US marshals in Washington state, according to local law enforcement officials.
Michael Forest Reinoehl, 48, a regular attendee during weeks of protests that have brought the Oregon city to a standstill, was killed during an encounter in Lacey, Washington, south-west of Seattle on Thursday evening, Pierce county sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer said, according to the Olympian news site.
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