Ruby Ridge Siege 1992

Marshals engaged in an 11 day standoff with self proclaimed white separatist randy weaver his family and a friend named kevin harris in an isolated cabin in boundary county idaho.

Ruby ridge siege 1992.

Weaver his family and a friend named kevin harris were involved in the siege with u s. 31 1992 white separatist randy weaver surrendered to the fbi ending an 11 day standoff on ruby ridge in idaho that left three people dead. Weaver s son sammy 14 was killed by u s. The siege dragged on to the end of august and the scene became a circus.

It began on august 21 when deputies of the united states marshals service usms initiated action to apprehend and arrest randy weaver under a bench warrant after his failure to appear on firearms charges. Ruby ridge was the site of an 11 day siege in 1992 in boundary county idaho near naples. Shootings at ruby ridge in the second day of a standoff at randy weaver s remote northern idaho cabin atop ruby ridge fbi sharpshooter lon horiuchi wounds randy weaver and kevin harris and then. Randall claude randy weaver born january 3 1948 is a former american green beret known for his role in the ruby ridge standoff near naples idaho in 1992.