The sister of Portland murder suspect Michael Forest Reinoehl, the 48-year-old man killed by police Thursday night in Washington, said she awoke Friday with a flood of emotions.
“I’m worried about his kids. I’m still in shock. I’m overwhelmed by this and what this means to the country at large. I’m sad that this whole thing happened,” she told The Oregonian/OregonLive. “And, I’m a little mad at him, to be honest, that all of this has happened in the first place.”
“I said a lot of ’What? What? Really? Oh my God … and then I kind of went numb,” she said. She asked that her name not be used because she’s afraid of retaliation.
She was surprised initially to learn it was police who had shot and killed him.
“That shocked me that it was the police, at first … but then I thought about it,” Reinoehl’s sister said. “There was no way that the Michael I knew would have gone quietly, although that would have been the right thing to do.”
“I just hope my message gets through that peace is possible and don’t let the anger dividing this country tear us apart,” she said. “If you want to change the world, you need to be the change that you want to see.”
Reinoehl’s sister said she’s not angry at police. She believes officers wanted to put her brother in handcuffs and take him to jail.
“I think that was their intention. I don’t think that was Michael’s intention,” she said. “There’s only so much you can do with someone who doesn’t want to be taken in,” she said. “It wouldn’t be fair to blame them.”
I hope her phone will stop ringing. She reached out to Portland detectives and identified her brother.
After her brother was caught on widely circulated video and photos at Saturday’s shooting, his sister said she contacted Portland homicide detectives to let them know that the person in the footage was Reinoehl. Police have not reached out to her again, she said.
For those of you that are interested click on the link for the PDF of the affidavit for the warrant from the court prepared by a Portland police homicide detective for the arrest of Michael Reinoehl. It’s a good look at what you don’t see on television shows or cop movies.
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