One Killed, Several Arrested by Police and FBI.
TAPPER: Welcome back to THE LEAD. Making headlines in our national lead today, one person dead, one injured, several others in jail after a dramatic confrontation between the FBI, Oregon state police and armed anti-government activists at a wildlife refuge that began late last night when Ammon Bundy and several of his supporters were pulled over on the highway and arrested. These militia members have been occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge for 26 days, protesting what they describe as government overreach on federal lands. Let's get right to CNN's Dan Simon live outside the refuge in Oregon. Dan, what do we know about the person who was killed?</s>DAN SIMON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Jake. The person who was killed was a 54-year-old Mormon rancher from Arizona. But before we get into it, before we talk about the arrest, I want to tell you that the situation still remains very tense. You still have a number of armed occupiers at the refuge. And at this point, it's anyone's guess how this is going to end. Now, in terms of the arrest, it's clear that authorities wanted to do this in a way where community bystanders could not be hurt. Well, that much they accomplished. Of course, you have the one occupier who was killed. Authorities say this did not have to happen.</s>SIMON (voice-over): More than three weeks after armed militia took over a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon, a deadly shootout between militia members and the police.</s>GREG BRETZING, FBI SPECIAL AGENT IN CHIARGE, PORTLAND DIVISION: Yesterday, the FBI with our partners took the first steps to bring this occupation to a conclusion.</s>SIMON: Group leader Ammon Bundy and seven others were arrested Tuesday night after the FBI and Oregon state police pulled them over on their way to a meeting with community residents. Bundy's brother, Ryan, was shot and suffered minor wounds. But a spokesman for the armed occupiers, LaVoy Finicum, was killed.</s>SHERIFF DAVID WARD, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON: It's time for everybody in this illegal occupation to move on. There doesn't have to be bloodshed in our community.</s>SIMON: Bundy's father says his son called him from the back of a police cruiser moments after the shootout.</s>CLIVEN BUNDY, AMMON BUNDY'S FATHER: My son, Ryan, had been shot in the arm. LaVoy Finicum, they cold-blooded killed him. They said he was out, had his hands in the air. They said he wasn't armed, he wasn't any threat and they cold-blooded just killed him.</s>SIMON: Authorities say Ryan Bundy and Finicum did not obey orders to surrender and shots were fired. The armed group took over the refuge on January 2nd in part to protest the sentencing of two ranchers and make a stand against what they called government overreach when it comes to federal lands.</s>AMMON BUNDY, PROTEST LEADER: They continue to ignore us and push us to the point where we felt we had to make a stand to defend our rights.</s>SIMON: Finicum previously told reporters he was willing to give his life for the cause.</s>LAVOY FINICUM, PROTESTER: There are things more important than your life and freedom is one of them.</s>SIMON: The sheriff says he'd been trying to work with the group to find a peaceful solution, but in the end, he just couldn't meet their ultimatums.</s>WARD: We don't arm up and rebel. We work through the appropriate channels. This can't happen anymore. This can't happen in America and it can't happen in Harney County.</s>SIMON: Well, we don't know how many armed occupiers are left, but clearly, law enforcement is a bit anxious. We just saw a number of vehicles speed down this highway. I should tell you that this road right here remains closed to the public, so clearly something may be in the works, but we don't know, of course, what law enforcement is going to do or how this is going to end -- Jake.</s>TAPPER: All right. Dan Simon, stay safe. Thanks so much. It causes serious birth defects and there's no vaccine. The dangerous mosquito-borne virus that's spreading with new cases now in the United States. So, can it be stopped? What should you do? That story next.