The Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested the leaders of a group that occupied a wildlife refuge in the northwestern U.S. state of Oregon for nearly a month.
Leader Ammon Bundy and several others left the refuge Tuesday and were reportedly driving to speak at a community meeting when authorities stopped their car.
An FBI statement said shots were fired during the joint operation with state police, leaving one suspect dead and another wounded.
Bundy and his brother Ryan were arrested along with Brian Cavalier, Shawna Cox and Ryan Waylen Payne. In separate arrests, authorities also took Peter Santilli and Joseph Donald O'Shaughnessy into custody.
They are all charged with felonies of conspiracy to impede U.S. officers from discharging their official duties through force, intimidation or threats.