#Alleged Portland shooter Michael Reinoehl had gun when killed, cops say

“#Alleged Portland shooter Michael Reinoehl had gun when killed, cops say”

September 4, 2020 | 3:06pm

The Antifa supporter wanted for allegedly murdering a Trump supporter in Portland was armed with a handgun when he was shot dead by a US Marshals task force, authorities said Friday.

Michael Forest Reinoehl had a semiautomatic handgun on him when officers moved to arrest him at an apartment complex in Tanglewilde in Washington State, Thurston County Sheriff’s Lt. Ray Brady told The Olympian.

Brady would not confirm whether Reinoehl, 48, fired the weapon. But he said the firearm, which was recovered at the scene, was the only weapon he had.

Witnesses said Reinoehl was armed with what looked to be an assault rifle when gunfire broke out — with some 40 to 50 rounds being fired in the parking lot.

Meanwhile, more details of the chaotic skirmish between Reinoehl and task-force members emerged.

A warrant for his arrest on a murder charge was issued earlier Thursday out of Multnomah County Circuit Court in Oregon, with Portland police asking the US Marshals to find and apprehend Reinoehl, The Olympian reported.

The Pierce County Sheriff’s fugitive apprehension team, working with the US Marshals Service Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force, was conducting surveillance on the apartment complex when Reinoehl came out around 7 p.m.

He made it into a Volkswagen station wagon and started the engine, as the officers, who were also in vehicles, blocked him in, Brady told the outlet.

Officers, who have said Reinoel was armed, then fired shots into the vehicle, Brady said, sending Reinoehl fleeing from the car — and then officers blasted off more rounds.

Investigators with the Washington State Crime Lab are seen at Tanglewilde Terrace, where law enforcement officers shot a man reported to be Michael Forest Reinoehl, in Lacey

Investigators at the scene where Michael Reinoehl was killed.

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A Washington State Patrol Crime Lab worker looks at evidence markers where Michael Reinoehl was killed.

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The dad of two — who has described himself as “100% Antifa” — was struck and pronounced dead at the scene.

Brady didn’t know how many shots were fired but said four officers — one from the state Department of Corrections, two from the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department and one from the Lakewood Police Department — opened fire.

The officers were acting in US Marshal capacity at the time.

It’s unclear why Reinhoel was at the apartment in Tanglewilde, located near Lacey. His Facebook page lists Gresham, Ore., as his hometown, The Olympian said.

The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office is leading the investigation into the shooting.