BURNS – The FBI on Wednesday evening moved in on the last four occupiers at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, apparently placing armored vehicles around their camp.
A friend of occupier David Fry was streaming on YouTube through an open phone line with the occupiers as authorities made what appeared to be a final push to end the 40-day old occupation.
Besides David Fry, 27, of Ohio, the encampment includes Jeff Banta of Elko, Nevada, and Sean and Sandy Anderson of Riggins, Idaho.
"Come out with your hands up," a law enforcement official was heard saying.
In a statement, the FBI said one of the occupiers rode an ATV outside their encampment at 4:30 p.m. When FBI agents tried to approach the driver, he returned "at a high rate of speed" to the camp. Agents then moved into position ahead and behind "the area where the occupiers are camping."
The FBI said as of 6 p.m. negotiations were underway and that "no shots have been fired."
The four have been the only occupiers left at the refuge after the Jan. 26 arrest of Ammon Bundy and other occupation leaders and the shooting death of Robert "LaVoy" Finicum.
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