1st Lead: 4 Oregon holdouts surrender, ending standoff with FBI

The last armed militiaman at a wildlife refuge in the northwestern U.S. state of Oregon turned himself in to authorities on Thursday, ending a 41-day long confrontation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

David Fry, 27, of Ohio was the last one came out from the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in rural eastern Oregon around 11:00 a.m. local time. Three others, Jeff Banta of Nevada, Sean Anderson and Sandy Anderson of Idaho surrendered more than an hour earlier.

For some moments in the morning, in a standoff with the FBI agents, Fry reportedly threatened to kill himself.

Sean Anderson said late Wednesday that the four members of a self-styled militia group would walk out from the refuge to an FBI checkpoint at 8:00 a.m.

However, Anderson at the time declined to say they would "surrender."

The group, led by Ammon Bundy from Nevada, occupied the federal facility on Jan. 2 to demand that the federal land be released to local authorities and open to use by local residents.

Bundy and 11 of his followers, mostly from outside the area and the state, were arrested two weeks ago.

With the last members of the group in custody, the occupation ended on its 41st day with one militiaman shot and killed on Jan. 26 during a confrontation with FBI and Oregon State Police at a traffic stop where Bundy was apprehended. Endit