Ryan Bundy, Domestic Terrorist, will keep the bullet in his arm. (He does not trust the Govt) Video of the shootout from Feb capture

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Ryan Bundy to keep metal fragments in arm to 'preserve evidence'

Video shows two camera angles of LaVoy Finicum shooting

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By Kale Williams | The Oregonian/OregonLive 
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on August 27, 2016 at 3:04 PM, updated August 27, 2016 at 4:00 PM

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An attorney for Ryan Bundy said his client will not agree to have metal fragments removed from his shoulder due to concerns that the metal, which he described as "a crucial piece of evidence," could be lost or damaged by law enforcement.

Brian Claypool, who is acting as co-counsel for Bundy, told The Oregonian/OregonLive that Bundy has no plans to have the fragments removed from his arm as it has little bearing on his criminal case, though he left open the possibility of having it surgically removed ahead of a civil lawsuit Bundy plans to file against the government.

"He has not agreed to it being removed," Claypool said in a phone interview. "The concern, from both him and I, is the preservation of evidence."

Bundy was among the organizers of the 41-day occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Oregon outside of Burns. He was injured when state police and FBI agents stopped him and other occupation leaders at a roadblock on a remote stretch of Highway 395 while they traveled to a community meeting in John Day on Jan. 26.

It was during that traffic stop that Oregon state troopers opened fire on Robert "Lavoy" Finicum, an Arizona rancher who had come to be the spokesman of the occupation. Finicum was killed in the altercation, but prosecutors cleared the troopers who shot him of any wrongdoing, saying saying state law allows use of lethal force when someone poses a deadly threat.

Finicum repeatedly reached toward his pocket where he was carrying a loaded handgun, video of the incident showed. Bundy and his supporters claim that the metal in his arm came from a bullet he took that day, though exactly how he came to be wounded has not been determined.

Even as the state troopers were exonerated, however, FBI agents who also took part in the operation came under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice after one of them allegedly fired shots, lied about it and other agents helped to cover it up.