LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. -- A 2-mile section of road in Mohave County, Arizona, is being renamed after a resident and militia member who was killed during last year's standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon.

Today's News-Herald reports that the Mohave County Board of Supervisors on Monday approved the renaming of a section of Yellowstone Road to LaVoy Finicum Road.

Oregon standoff spokesman Robert "LaVoy" Finicum, also a member of Citizens for Constitutional Freedom, was shot and killed during the standoff in January 2016 by law enforcement officers.

Of the eight shots fired during the stop of wildlife refuge occupation leaders, six were fired by Oregon state police troopers and two were initially unaccounted for but then linked to FBI Agent W. Joseph Astarita, who was indicted on federal charges in June, according to investigators.

Astarita is accused of firing twice at Finicum but missing him as Finicum emerged from his white truck after swerving into a snowbank to avoid a law enforcement roadblock on U.S. 395 in Harney County.

Finicum had sped away from a state police and FBI stop moments earlier as authorities tried to arrest wildlife refuge occupation leaders. As he crashed in the snow, Finicum's truck nearly struck another FBI agent, police said.

The Mohave County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 in favor of the name change.

Supporters say Finicum had the courage to stand up for what he believed in, while those opposed to the name change say he went about things the wrong way.

-- Staff and wire reports