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<\/a><\/p>\nThe daughter of LaVoy Finicum, the Oregon militiaman shot dead by police during a traffic stop on Highway 395 yesterday, claims that her father was \u201cmurdered\u201d execution-style with his hands in the air, an account backed up by an eyewitness to the incident.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Protesters involved in the weeks-long occupation of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon, including leader Ammon Bundy, were apprehended by law enforcement as they traveled to the city of John Day to attend a community meeting set up by local residents.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cEveryone obeyed orders to surrender except two people: LaVoy Finicum and Bundy\u2019s brother, Ryan Bundy,\u201d a law enforcement official told CNN.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Media reports about the incident simply state that \u201cshots were fired,\u201d although Finicum\u2019s daughter Thara Lynn Tenney posted a message on herFacebook page<\/span><\/a> last night asserting that her father had already surrendered before he was gunned down.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI want the world to know how my father was murdered today. His hands were in the air and he was shot in the face by the American authorities. Ammon Bundy reported there are 6 witnesses to this evil,\u201d wrote Tenney.<\/span><\/p>\n I want the world to know how my father was murdered today. His hands were in the air and he was shot in the face by the American authorities. Ammon Bundy reported there are 6 witnesses to this evil.<\/span><\/p>\n Posted by\u00a0Thara Tenney<\/span><\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Tuesday, January 26, 2016<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Her testimony was echoed by another eyewitness, Victoria Sharp, who was in the car with Finicum when the group were pulled over by cops and federal agents.<\/span><\/p>\n Sharp claims that Finicum put his hands out of the car window and asked the police to allow the women to leave the car.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThey shot at him, but they missed him,\u201d said Sharp, adding that the group then attempted to drive away in the car but were shot at again by police.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWhen we crashed and stopped for a second, he got out of the car, he had his hands in the air, he\u2019s like \u2018just shoot me then\u2019\u2026.and they did, they shot him dead,\u201d said Sharp.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cHe was just walking, with his hands in the air, I swear to God, and they shot him dead and after he was down on the ground, shot him three more times,\u201d said Sharp, adding that the vehicle was again \u201cbombarded with bullets\u201d as well as tear gas rounds.<\/span><\/p>\n Sharp says that the group tried to \u201cfind something white\u201d so they could display it as a sign of surrender. She challenges news reports that only six shots were fired, asserting, \u201cthey shot at least 120 shots altogether.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Sharp also claims that none of the individuals in the car pulled out a gun at any point and that the incident was an \u201cambush\u201d with \u201cFBI snipers in the trees\u201d surrounding the vehicle.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThey had their hands out of the window to show they were not firing, nothing, we showed no aggression at all,\u201d said Sharp.<\/span><\/p>\n Sharp\u2019s testimony is contradicted by another individual\u00a0who said<\/span><\/a>\u00a0he spoke to Ammon Bundy\u2019s security guard and that LaVoy Finicum had \u201ccharged\u201d at police officers after he exited the vehicle.<\/span><\/p>\n Protesters who remain at the occupied federal building have vowed to continue their stance as authorities continue to insist they want a \u201cpeaceful\u201d resolution to the matter.<\/span><\/p>\n