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Consulate in Libya was a planned Sometime that morning: Pishione terrorist strike to mark the checks into the Fir Grove Motel, 2178 anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, Winchester Ave., Reedsport. attacks and not a spontaneous 9 a.m.: Police locate Pishione in Room mob enraged over an anti-Islam 27 at the motel. When they knock on his YouTube video. door, Pishione tries but fails to escape President Barack Obama through the back window. declared in a White House appear- Because the front door is locked, police ance that the U.S. would “work cannot enter the room without a warrant. with the Libyan government to They must wait until after 11 a.m. — check bring to justice” those who killed out time — for the legal right to enter. Ambassador Chris Stevens and Meanwhile, police surround the motel Photos by Lou Sennick, The World three other Americans. The attack and try to communicate with Pishione on on the Benghazi consulate was “a the telephone and with a bullhorn. Based An Oregon State Trooper aims her weapon at the room where Benny Shawn Lee Pishione was holed up. Officers had just tried to enter the room, and shots were fired at them. Pishione was later found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. planned, coordinated, well-exe- on his criminal record, they assume he is cuted military style event,” House armed. A witness at the motel later says Intelligence Committee Chairman Pishione has been visited by someone Mike Rogers said. who has handed him a package. Its con- Police standoff White House press secretary Jay tents are not known. Episode came at Reedsport Carney said it was too early to After 9 a.m.: Reedsport Community 101 Charter School goes in to a code yellow motel ends judge whether the Benghazi attack lockdown. Exterior doors are locked, and after dispute in suicide Fir was planned. no one can come or go, but students con- Grove “I know that this is being inves- ad Motel tigated, and we’re working with tinue moving about the school and Ro ge attending classes. nta the Libyan government to investi- BY TYLER RICHARDSON Fro 101 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Police reach Pishione The World gate the incident. I would not want r. to speculate on that at this time,” D H S on the phone. He asks to speak with his i d g . o h he said. Several Libyan security estranged girlfriend. Police allow her to o S A man committed suicide Wednesday after shoot- w 2 g t. call. She pleads with him to leave the n 1 guards also were killed. ing at police during a standoff at a Reedsport motel. o s L Reedsport t A room, but he refuses. r Rogers, R-Mich., said U.S. Benny Shawn Lee Pishione, who police say was in th u Community S r S t 2 p.m.: Pishione fires a single shot at . intelligence had not yet deter- his late 40s, shot himself in the head with a .38 cal- D Charter . r. 2 police after they use a motel key to enter School 2 mined who was responsible, but iber revolver after police entered his room at the Fir n d the room. The officers immediately . added, “Our list is narrowing.” Grove Motel. r S D t retreat. They hear another shot as they s . “When you see (such an attack), Pishione had locked himself in the room when d n hustle back. la police contacted him around 9 h it wasn’t some folks who had some After 2 p.m.: Reedsport Community ig a.m., following a domestic dispute H By Jeff Trionfante, The World guns in their garage and said, ‘let’s Charter School enters a code red lock- that happened in Coos Bay early shoot up the consulate,’” Rogers down. All students are confined to their Wednesday morning. said in an interview Wednesday. classrooms and all doors remain locked. Coos County District Attorney The FBI was sending evidence Meanwhile, police call for the Oregon teams to Libya, said a law enforce- State Police SWAT team. Paul Frasier said Pishione approached his estranged girlfriend ment official. 3 p.m.: The Oregon Department of Analysts are working on several Transportation closes U.S. Highway 101 as she left her job around closing different scenarios based on intelli- and Winchester Avenue around the motel. time at the Silver Dollar Tavern Benny Pishione gence that could lead to a motive for 4 p.m.: Students at the Reedsport with a brick in his hand. Community Charter School are evacuated. Frasier said Pishione’s estranged the attack. Some concern the pos- Parents are allowed to pick up students in girlfriend was in her car with anoth- sibility of targeting high-ranking the back parking lot. er man when Pishione walked up and threatened to officials, according to a law SWAT arrives at the motel and begins smash the brick through her window. The woman let enforcement official briefed on the planning its attack on Room 27. Pishione into the car, and he ordered her to drive. investigation. But none of the intel- 5:15 p.m.: SWAT breaks out the back Another bystander in the parking lot of the Silver ligence has suggested terrorists window to the room after multiple failed Dollar saw the incident and called 911 to describe the would specifically target Stevens, attempts to reach Pishione over the phone. vehicle, Frasier said. said the official who also spoke on They see he is dead on the bathroom floor. condition of anonymity because he Several police officers enter the room North to Reedsport was not authorized to speak pub- and confirm that Pishione died from a Frasier said all three people in the car then drove licly about the investigation. self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. to Douglas County, where they talked “for a while.” 5:30 p.m.: SWAT leaves the scene. The woman ultimately convinced Pishione to get out ODOT reopens U.S. Highway 101 and of the car, and she called police. Flags at half staff Winchester Avenue. Pishione had been arrested for violating a for Libya victims 6:15 p.m.: Douglas County Medical restraining order protecting the same woman. Frasi- Examiner enters the room to confirm er said he also had been arrested on burglary President Barack Obama has issued a Pishione’s death. charges, which were dropped, after he allegedly proclamation authorizing the U.S. flag to 6:48 p.m.: Pishione’s body is removed broke into the estranged girlfriend’s house with a Police officers slowly enter a motel room at the Fir Grove Motel be flown at half staff till sunset Sunday in from the room. gun. in Reedsport Wednesday,looking for Benny Pishione.He report- memory of American personnel killed in Tuesday’s attack on the U.S. embassy in Today: Police plan to make a final edlyfired at the officers and a police dog before they backed out examination of Room 27, then reopen it. Benghazi, Libya. SEE KIDNAPPING | A10 of the room. Fed to spend $40B a month on bond purchases BY MARTIN CRUTSINGER economy even after it strengthens. Stocks rose after the announce- the committee will continue its pur- The bond purchases are intended The Associated Press The Fed announced the series of ment. The Dow Jones industrial chases of agency mortgage-backed to lower long-term interest rates to bold steps after its two-day policy average was up 15 points for the day securities, undertake additional asset spur borrowing and spending. The WASHINGON — The Federal meeting ended Thursday. Its actions just before 12:30 p.m. It surged by purchases and employ its other poli- Fed has previously bought $2 trillion Reserve says it will spend $40 billion pointed to how sluggish the econo- 105 points within minutes of the cy tools as appropriate until such in Treasury bonds and mortgage- a month to buy mortgage-backed my remains more than three years announcement, then gave up some improvement is achieved in a context backed securities since the 2008 securities for long as necessary to after the Great Recession ended. gains to be just 35 points higher. of price stability,” the Fed said in a financial crisis. stimulate the still-weak economy “We’re not sure what the eco- The dollar dropped against major statement released after the meeting. Skeptics caution that further and reduce high unemployment. nomic effects of this program will be currencies, and the price of gold shot The statement was approved on bond buying might provide little It also extended a plan to keep - it should help growth and employ- up about $16 an ounce, roughly 1 an 11-1 vote.