Posted on 05/12/2022 10:33:57 AM PDT by TexasGurl24
Edited on 05/12/2022 1:01:07 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
RANDY Weaver, the survivalist known for his role in the Ruby Ridge standoff with the FBI, has died at the age of 74.
His daughter Sara confirmed the news on Facebook on Thursday.
Weaver's wife Vicki and 14-year-old son Samuel were killed by an FBI sniper during an 11-day standoff in the mountains of Idaho in 1992.
The standoff began when the US Marshall Service tried to arrest Weaver for failing to appear on a firearms charge.
Weaver had chosen not to surrender and remained inside his cabin on Ruby Ridge for a year and a half with his family.
When Marshalls showed up at the property, a shootout took place when Weaver, his son Samuel, and a friend Kevin Harris came out to check out the situation.
Samuel was shot by Marshalls, and Harris then shot dead Deputy U.S. Marshal William Francis Degan.
The following day, Weaver's wife, Vicki, was shot in the head by an FBI sniper while she held their 10-month-old daughter in her arms.
Weaver turned himself in 11 days later and was charged with killing Degan, but a jury acquitted him.
He ultimately served 16 months in jail for the original gun charge but following the horror that shook Ruby Ridge, where the family lived, stayed with Weaver until his dying day.
Bttt!! Good seeing ya!! Hope yer well!!
The FBI has only gotten much worse.
Ditto that!
Yes, it was entrapment.
Yes, and their son Sammy. also killed by FBI. And their dog.
I met him at a gun show in Las Vegas. Well mannered and calm.
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