Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Jan. 27

Joint news release from the FBI & OSP. Malheur National Wildlife Refuge – At approximately 4:25 p.m. (PST) on Tuesday, January 26, 2016, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Oregon State Police (OSP) began an enforcement action to bring into custody a number of individuals associated with the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. During that arrest, there were shots fired. One individual who was a subject of a federal probable cause arrest is deceased. We will not be releasing any information about that person pending identification by the medical examiner’s office. One individual suffered non-life threatening injuries and was transported to a local hospital for treatment. He was arrested and is currently in custody. The arrested individuals include: * Ammon Edward Bundy, age 40, of Emmett, Idaho; * Ryan C. Bundy, age 43, of Bunkerville, Nevada; * Brian Cavalier, age 44, of Bunkerville, Nevada; * Shawna Cox, age 59, Kanab, Utah; * Ryan Waylen Payne, age 32, of Anaconda, Montana. These probable cause arrests occurred along Highway 395. In a separate event in Burns, Oregon, at approximately 5:50 pm, Oregon State Police arrested the following individual: * Joseph Donald O’Shaughnessy, age 45, Cottonwood, Arizona. All of the named defendants face a federal felony charge of conspiracy to impede officers of the United States from discharging their official duties through the use of force, intimidation, or threats, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 372. At approximately 6:30 p.m. (PST), the FBI arrested Peter Santilli, age 50, of Cincinnati, Ohio, in Burns, Oregon. He faces the same federal felony charge as the individuals listed above. The arrest was without incident. UPDATE AS OF 8:10 P.M., The defendant who suffered an injury in the original enforcement action has been treated and released from a local hospital. He is now in FBI custody. UPDATE AS OF 8:40 P.M., from the initial law enforcement action site along Highway 395: There were additional people who were detained and have since been released.