April 08 2021
After a summer of protests and political violence, Michael Reinoehl s killing of Aaron jay Danielson garnered national attention.
Officers involved in the Sept. 3 shooting of a Portland activist described a tense atmosphere and a chaotic scene caused by communication problems, according to investigation documents newly released April 6.
In reports written after the shooting, the officers said they were warned by their superiors that Michael Forest Reinoehl, 48, was armed, and a friend allegedly had told police Reinoehl would not be taken alive.
Several task force members said they experienced problems with their radios that made it difficult to coordinate in the moments leading up to the shooting.
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Gun found on Michael Reinoehl was the same one used in downtown Portland killing last August, crime lab rules
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Police walk past evidence markers at scene Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, in Lacey, Wash., where four officers fatally shot Michael Reinoehl, 48, as they attempted to arrest him on a murder warrant stemming from a downtown Portland killing. (AP Photo/Ted Warren)AP
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The .380-caliber handgun that police recovered from Michael Reinoehl after officers shot and killed him outside a Washington apartment complex in September was the same gun used in the fatal downtown Portland shooting of a right-wing activist after a pro-Trump rally, forensic tests confirmed.
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Crime lab: Gun found on Michael Reinoehl was the same one used in downtown Portland killing in August By Maxine Bernstein, oregonlive.com
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PORTLAND – The .380-caliber handgun that police recovered from Michael Reinoehl after officers shot and killed him outside a Washington apartment complex in September was the same gun used in the fatal downtown Portland shooting of a right-wing activist after a pro-Trump rally, forensic tests confirmed.
Thurston County Sheriff’s Lt. Cameron Simper said Wednesday that investigators seized the gun, test-fired it and sent a casing from it to the Oregon State Police crime lab.
The lab ruled that the casing came from the same handgun that killed Aaron “Jay” Danielson on Aug. 29, Simper said.
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