Even though the ATF knew the Branch Davidians were tipped off, the agency’s commanding officer ordered the raid to continue ... when feds decided to end it by firing tear gas into the compound. Only ...
WACO, Texas — Around 6 a.m. on April 19, 1993, FBI agents moved in to end a 51-day standoff with the Branch Davidian religious sect near Waco, Texas, ramming holes in the group’s compound with ...
During the stand-off between federal agents and the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas in 1993, people gathered on a hill roughly three miles away to see what was happening at the compound.