March 21, 2022 • 12 mins
On August 21, 1992, on a remote hilltop cabin in northern Idaho, known as Ruby Ridge located 30 miles from the Canadian border, U.S. Marshals attempted to serve Randy Weaver bench warrants on a Firearms charge and arrest him.
By the end of the first of what became an eleven day siege, US Marshall Deputy Agent William F. Degan, Sammy Weaver (the Weaver’s fourteen year old son) and the Weaver’s dog, Striker, all lay dead.
Weaver, his wife, Vickie, three living children (including newborn infant Elisheba) and friend Kevin Harris were holed up in the Weaver’s cabin.
By the end of the first of what became an eleven day siege, US Marshall Deputy Agent William F. Degan, Sammy Weaver (the Weaver’s fourteen year old son) and the Weaver’s dog, Striker, all lay dead.
Weaver, his wife, Vickie, three living children (including newborn infant Elisheba) and friend Kevin Harris were holed up in the Weaver’s cabin.
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