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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/185504...-standoff-fbi/

STAND-OFF ENDS Randy Weaver dead at 74: Survivalist known for 11-day Ruby Ridge standoff with FBI passes away

G. P. Rodriguez

18:22, 12 May 2022Updated: 19:19, 12 May 2022

RANDY Weaver, the survivalist known for his role in the Ruby Ridge standoff with the FBI, has died at the age of 74.


Weaver is pictured with his daughter Sara, who confirmed his passing on ThursdayCredit: Facebook/Ruby Ridge to Freedom
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents stand next to the outbuilding located near the Randy Weaver home near Naples, Idaho, Sept. 1, 1992


She wrote: "Love you always Dad....

"See ya next time I see ya

"January 3, 1948 - May 11, 2022."

A cause of death for Weaver has not been released.

Weaver's wife Vicki and 14-year-old son Samuel were killed by an FBI sniper during an 11-day standoff in the mountains of Idaho in 1992.


The standoff began when the US Marshall Service tried to arrest Weaver for failing to appear on a firearms charge.

Weaver had chosen not to surrender and remained inside his cabin on Ruby Ridge for a year and a half with his family.

When Marshals showed up at the property, a shootout took place and Marshals shot dead the family dog, Striker.

A confrontation ensued and when Weaver, his son Samuel, and friend Kevin Harris came out to check out the situation.

Samuel was shot by Marshalls, and Harris then shot dead Deputy U.S. Marshal William Francis Degan.

The following day, Weaver's wife, Vicki, was shot in the head by an FBI sniper while she held their 10-month-old daughter in her arms.

Harris was also critically injured during the standoff.

Weaver and his three daughters surrendered 11 days later after a civilian negotiator convicted him to allow Harris to receive medical attention.

He turned himself in and was charged with killing Degan, but was acquitted of all charges except for the original bail condition violation.



Weaver, a self-declared separatist, ultimately served 16 months in jail for the original gun charge but following the horror that shook Ruby Ridge, where the family lived, stayed with Weaver until his dying day.

The Weaver family settled a $3.1 million lawsuit with the Justice Department.

RIP, Randy. The government stole your family from you and imprisoned you over entrapment bullshit. Sad, sad story.