Antifa ‘killer’ Michael Reinoehl seen ‘lying in wait’ before fatally shooting ‘MAGA martyr’ Jay Bishop in Portland
AUTHORITIES have released new surveillance images from the killing of far-right supporter Aaron "Jay" Danielson after the suspect, an Antifa activist, was shot by US Marshals in Portland.
Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt on Friday released the unsealed warrant for , who was gunned down by a fugitive task force in state following an exchange of gunfire.
The warrant charges the 48-year-old far-left activist with murdering Aaron "Jay" Danielson, who was shot in downtown during last Saturday's clash between pro- and groups.
Reinoehl appeared to lie in wait for the 39-year-old, who also went by the alias , before the shooting and texted his own son an offer to trade marijuana for a handgun weeks before , reveal.
Danielson himself was armed with a handgun, which was found in his waistband after he died and didn't appear to be used during the attack in , according to the warrant.
Portland Police Detective Rico Beniga described in the affidavit the events leading up to the shooting based on witness statements, previously released bystander video, and never-before-seen surveillance footage from a nearby parking garage.
In the new CCTV footage, Reinoehl walks with a white woman on SW 3rd Avenue, and both can be seen staring down Adler Street as they cross the intersection.
After the two cross the intersection, the woman pauses and stands against a building as Reinoehl continues walking.
Danielson and his friend Chandler Papas are then seen turning a corner behind them from Adler Street - and Reinoehl is seen glancing behind him.
Reinoehl then ducks into a parking garage entrance and "reaches towards his left front waist area," the affidavit says.
"Reinoehl conceals himself, waits, and watches as Danielson and Pappas continue walking by. Danielson and Pappas do not appear to interact or communicate with anyone and continue southbound on SW 3rd Avenue," the documents state.
Beniga notes that Danielson appears to he holding a can of Mace in one hand and a telescoping baton in the other.
After the two men walk past in their Patriot Prayer hats, Reinoehl and another unidentified man follow Danielson and Pappas out of the camera's view.
Pappas told Fox News that the men ambushed him and Danielson from behind, and said something to the effect of "we got a couple right here" and someone shouting "pull it out," apparently in reference to a gun.
He said two shots were fired almost immediately when he and Danielson turned around - and that's when Danielson began to mace the gunman before he was fatally shot.
Danielson had been shot in the chest from the front, and the mace can he was carrying had damage consisted with a bullet impact, Beniga said.
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Cops raced to the scene less than a minute after the shooting, bystander video shows.
The affidavit states that police found a 9mm Glock Model 17 holstered in Danielson's waist area.
The pistol's 19-round magazine was full, and there was a bullet in the chamber, leading detectives to conclude that it couldn't have been used during the clash.