Randy Weaver Ruby Ridge Standoff

Weaver s wife vicki his 14 year old son sammy and u s.

Randy weaver ruby ridge standoff. Ruby ridge was the site of an 11 day siege in 1992 in boundary county idaho near naples. While the standoff lasted a total of 11 days no one died outside of those first two days. Weaver his family and a friend named kevin harris were involved in the siege with u s. Weaver s son sammy 14 was killed by u s.

Marshals and fbi agents. Members of atf stand guard at a roadblock as military vehicles bring in men and supplies during the 1992 standoff at ruby ridge in north idaho. Find out where randy weaver is now along with what happened to the weaver family. Ruby ridge location of an incident in august 1992 in which federal bureau of investigation fbi agents and u s.

Marshal william degan were killed during the siege. Randall claude randy weaver born january 3 1948 is a former american green beret known for his role in the ruby ridge standoff near naples idaho in 1992. Late in the day vicki weaver is. Two days of death began the ruby ridge standoff and no one knew what was next.

Read the forgotten history of randy weaver and his family who just wanted to be left alone on their land but were instead targeted by the atf. Thankfully the answer was surprisingly little. The siege at ruby ridge was a pivotal date in america kicking off the constitutional militia movement and leaving the nation with a deep distrust of its leadership. August 22 shootings at ruby ridge in the second day of a standoff at randy weaver s remote northern idaho cabin atop ruby ridge fbi sharpshooter lon horiuchi wounds randy weaver and kevin harris.

31 1992 white separatist randy weaver surrendered to the fbi ending an 11 day standoff on ruby ridge in idaho that left three people dead. Weaver s wife vicki his 14 year old son sammy and u s. The famous idaho standoff that happened in ruby ridge sends chills down the spine even today. Randy weaver now lives in montana with his children and grandchildren and 20 years after the incident the weavers say they have learned to forgive the government for destroying their family.

It began on august 21 when deputies of the united states marshals service usms initiated action to apprehend and arrest randy weaver under a bench warrant after his failure to appear on firearms charges. Marshals engaged in an 11 day standoff with self proclaimed white separatist randy weaver his family and a friend named kevin harris in an isolated cabin in boundary county idaho.