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NEW: After a federal task force gunned down antifa activist Michael Reinoehl last month, Attorney General Bill Barr reported that Reinoehl was shot after he had "produced" a gun.

But it turns out the gun was found in Reinoehl’s pocket.

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None of the four law enforcement agencies on scene captured video of the killing. But we spoke to 22 people in the area, including five people who were outside with a vantage point of the scene. Here’s what they saw when the shooting began.

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“I respect cops to the utmost, but things were definitely in no way, shape or form done properly," said Garrett Louis, a witness who was on the street and had to rush to get his child out of the line of fire.

Trump has suggested that Reinoehl’s death was the desired outcome:

“This guy was a violent criminal, and the U.S. Marshals killed him. And I will tell you something, that’s the way it has to be. There has to be retribution when you have crime like this.”

The officers themselves have offered differing accounts in statements not yet made public. While four officers pulled up to Reinoehl’s bumper, one has reported seeing Reinoehl handle something that looked like a gun. Two others said they didn’t see a gun.
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Here’s a video reconstruction, led by @evanchill, mapping the scene and showing how the killing of Michael Reinoehl unfolded.

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