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PORTLAND, Ore. — Police have not arrested anyone yet in the shooting death of a man during dueling protests in downtown Portland last Saturday, but a man linked to the shooting is telling his side of the story.
The Oregonian has identified the shooter as Michael Reinoehl. On Thursday, Vice News announced that in an interview with Reinoehl, he claimed the shooting was in self-defense.
Reinoehl calls himself an anti-fascist and said he has been at several of the recent protests in Portland. He said the victim, Aaron "Jay" Danielson, was trying to kill a friend of his.
“You know, lots of lawyers suggest that I shouldn't even be saying anything, but I feel it's important that the world at least gets a little bit of what's really going on,” Reinoehl told Vice News. “I had no choice. I mean, I had a choice. I could have sat there and watched them kill a friend of mine of color. But I wasn't going to do that.”