Word: shootout
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...marksmen told a skeptical Senate panel that the 1992 fatal shooting of white separatist Randy Weaver's wife by an FBI colleague was justified. Reason? The gun-toting Weavers, caught in a standoff with agents, posed a threat to a circling FBI helicopter. Federal marshals involved in the shootout that precipitated the siege testified that they believe Weaver accidentally killed his son--and not they, as Weaver has charged...
...little boys once and he seemed so happy. The bottom line is that John tried to kill two policemen, but he did cherish his children. That's what makes it so difficult." Reverend Robert Doherty, describing paroled killer John J. MacNeil, who was killed Friday night in a shootout with...
Eugene Glenn, the FBI field commander at Ruby Ridge, today testified that he felt the internal investigation into the 1992 shootout was little more than "damage control." Glenn's coverup allegations target officials as high as former FBI Deputy Director Larry Potts. His testimony came as four more FBI officials - including Richard Rogers, chief of the FBI hostage rescue team - notified the Senate panel that they intend to invoke their Fifth Amendment right. "It certainly makes the FBI look very bad to the public," reports Elaine Shannon from the hearings. "That four top officials all are going to take...
...Larry Cooper, a federal marshal involved in the gunfight at Ruby Ridge, testified that he thought it was Randy Weaver himself who fired the fatal shot that killed his son. TIME's Elaine Shannon believes Cooper's testimony raises important questions about Randy Weaver's possible complicity in the shootout, which also left another U.S. marshal dead. Says Shannon: "Weaver wants us to believe that he fired his gun in the air to call his son back home after the marshals began firing." Samuel Weaver was killed by a bullet fired from a 9mm weapon. Both Randy Weaver and Cooper...
...Horiuchi, the FBI sniper who shot and killed Randy Weaver's wife during a1992 Ruby Ridge shootout, took the Fifth Amendment today behind closed doors at the Senate. "There will be a lot more Fifth Amendment-taking to come," reports Elaine Shannon at the hearings. "Very soon, we will see a parade of some of the most respected FBI officials in the country doing the exactly same thing." Five FBI officials, including former deputy director Larry Potts, are under suspension amid federal criminal investigations concerning Ruby Ridge. Horiuchi, the sharpshooter, is facing potential criminal charges in Idaho...