The 11-day standoff in Idaho with Randy Weaver and his family and the FBI started on Aug. 21, 1992,
On Aug. 21, 1992, Randy Weaver, Kevin Harris, Sammy Weaver and dog Striker were walking on a road in the Kaniksu National Forest of Idaho.
On the second day of the standoff in 1992, Weaver’s wife, Vicki, was killed by an FBI sharpshooter. The shooter, Lon Horiuchi wounded Randy Weaver and Harris. Horiuchi had reportedly been waiting about 200 yards away from the Weaver cabin when the family left to prepare Sammy’s body for burial. The fugitive changed his mind and surrendered after Gritz told him of a ‘vision’ about the siege and how it would end that had awakened him at 2:30 a.m. Monday.
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