![]() ![]() ![]() Marshall Bill Degan and a dying Degan returned fire, killing Sammy. Marshalls led to Weaver's 14-year-old son Sammy and family friend Kevin Harris (24) confronting the marshalls and a shootout ensued. In that altercation, former Green Beret Randy Weaver was to be arrested on an illegal firearms charge. Six months prior to the Waco siege, there was a standoff in Ruby Ridge, Idaho, which kicks off the miniseries. ![]() Was FBI negotiator Gary Noesner also present at Ruby Ridge? They intended to search the 77-acre Mount Carmel compound. The ATF came to execute a search warrant for weapons violations and allegations of sexual abuse. They had first been tipped off after a UPS package of grenade casings had accidentally tore open. The ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) believed that Koresh and his followers were stockpiling nearly 250 weapons inside the compound, including shotguns, semi-automatic rifles, pistols, revolvers and hundreds of grenades. The 1993 standoff in Waco, Texas between the Branch Davidians and the authorities lasted a total of 51 days, beginning on Februand ending on April 19, 1993. Another reasoned that a fellow agent's firearm accidentally went off. Some agents claimed that they heard gunshots coming from inside the compound. The ATF and FBI claimed that the Branch Davidians shot first, while the surviving members claimed that it was the agents who fired the first shot. This is the narrative the miniseries takes, but in reality, it is unknown who fired the first shot. ![]()
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