How many hurt in waco

Koresh had predicted that the group would be assaulted and killed during Passover week, which, in , took place between April 6 and April After Passover came and went, Koresh sent out a letter on April 14 outlining his plan to come out after he wrote a short commentary on the Seven Seals of the book of Revelation. Significantly, the FBI log also reveals that on April 14, Koresh sent out a signed contract to retain his defense attorney. In his letter, he had promised to come out after the the manuscript was in the safekeeping of two Bible scholars, J.

Phillip Arnold and James D. Tabor, who had communicated with him via radio. Reno approved the plan for the assault on April Branch Davidians continued asking for word-processing supplies, which were delivered on the evening of April A surveillance device audiotape reveals that, after the assault started at 6 a. But the telephone line to negotiators remained broken, and the assault proceeded.

At a. A close study of the Branch Davidian case shows how all parties ended up playing roles in the tragic outcome. Five Branch Davidians were also killed in the shootout. Eventually -- after three hours of gunfire -- a ceasefire was negotiated between the ATF and the Davidians.

The ATF scrambled to evacuate their dead and wounded. At the time, this was especially galling to the agents on the ground. The ensuing standoff between the FBI and the Davidians would last 51 days -- finally ending when the FBI launched an operation to remove the Davidians from their compound using tanks equipped with non-lethal tear gas.

Officials say the Davidians responded by setting their home ablaze. Only nine survived the deadly fire, all others were killed -- approximately 80 in total, including around 32 women and 21 children.

Elder says the public scrutiny drove him and other agents to bury the story of what happened on Feb. Legal Minute. Minuto Legal. Look Before You Lock. Tell Me Something Good. Waco Police identify man shot and killed late Sunday night Police report 13th murder of the year.

Published: Sep. Share on Facebook. Email This Link. Share on Twitter. But the plan went south fast, with four federal agents and six Branch Davidians dying in a chaotic shootout. A photo of David Koresh resting beside a wooden cross as part of a monument erected in Waco, Texas by supporters of the Branch Davidian leader and founder. The FBI then became embroiled in a day standoff with Koresh at the compound.

During this time, negotiators arranged for the release of 35 Branch Davidians, including 21 children. But on April 19, , in an attempt to lure Koresh and his followers out, agents took decisive action that critics later called extreme or unwarranted: They rammed the building with tanks and launched a tear-gas assault.

The structure caught fire the cause of the fire is still debated , and 76 Branch Davidians—which included 28 children—died in the flames. Sometime during the fire, Koresh, then 33, died of a gunshot wound to the head. It remains unknown whether he killed himself or was shot by someone else.