Ruby Ridge
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Vicki Weaver as seen from a USMS surveillance position on August 21, 1992
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| Date | August 21–31, 1992 | ||
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(near) Naples, Idaho, U.S. 48°37′27″N 116°29′01″W / 48.62417°N 116.48361°W |
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| Causes | USMS actions taken pursuant a bench warrant for Weaver after his failure to appear on firearms charges; FBI actions following the death of a U.S. Marshall, Weaver statements, and alleged shots fired at a news helicopter | ||
| Result | Deaths of Deputy U.S. Marshal W.F. Degan, and civilians Samuel Weaver (juvenile), and Vicki Weaver; arrest of participants Randy Weaver and Kevin Harris | ||
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Ruby Ridge was the site of a deadly confrontation and an eleven-day siege near Naples, Idaho, beginning on August 21, 1992, between Randy Weaver, members of his immediate family and a family friend Kevin Harris, and agents of the United States Marshals Service (USMS) and the Hostage Rescue Team of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI HRT). Following USMS reconnoiter of the Weaver property pursuant a bench warrant for Weaver after his failure to appear on firearms charges, an initial encounter of six marshals with the Weavers resulted in a firefight and the deaths of Deputy U.S. Marshal William Francis Degan, age 42, the Weaver's son Samuel (Sammy), age 14, and a Weaver family dog, all by gunshot. The subsequent siege of the Weaver residence, led by the FBI applying especially lethal rules of engagement (ROE, subsequently called into question by U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Senate investigators), resulted in the further death of Vicki Weaver, age 43, the wife of Randy Weaver, by FBI sniper fire. All casualties occurred on the opening two days of the operations, the special ROE that had been in effect since the arrival of the FBI HRT on August 22 were revoked on August 26, and the siege and stand-off were ultimately resolved by civilian negotiators, with surrender and arrest of Kevin Harris on August 30, and surrender of Randy Weaver and the surviving Weaver children, and the father's arrest, the next day.
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