Mark McConnell says he was actually there Tuesday when Ammon Bundy was arrested and another follower was killed by police. He claims the follower, Robert Finicum, attempted to escape before being shot.
Bundy and seven other militiamen were arrested after a deadly confrontation with FBI and state troopers on Highway 395 in Oregon last night. They were on their way to a community meeting in the city of John Day. Bundy was scheduled to be a guest speaker.
Checkpoints had been set up on roads heading to the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, which Bundy and fellow militiamen had been occupying since Jan. 2. Bundy’s group had taken over a federal land in protest of two ranchers being sent to prison.
In his video, McConnell said he’d been driving a Jeep, while Finicum, who went by the nickname LeVoy, had been driving a truck. Finicum was killed by police during the ensuing confrontation.
