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Pierce deputy fired shots through windshield of unmarked police car after boxing in Michael Reinoehl’s Volkswagen By Maxine Bernstein, oregonlive.com
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4 Photos A Washington State Patrol Crime Lab worker looks at evidence markers in the early morning hours of Sept. 4 in Lacey, at the scene where Michael Reinoehl was killed by police. (Associated Press files) Photo Gallery
Pierce County Sheriff’s Deputy James Oleole watched from the front passenger seat of an unmarked SUV as homicide suspect Michael Reinoehl, wearing a black shirt, black shorts and a black face mask, emerged from a Lacey apartment.
Moments earlier, Oleole and other members of the U.S. Marshals Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force had gathered for a tactical briefing. They examined photos of Reinoehl, learned he had a silver Volkswagen Jetta, likely was armed with a handgun, a rifle and possibly a shotgun, and had pledged on social media he “would not be taken ali