shoot. bullets were coming out of every window in the compound. fbi agent bob ricks would become the face of the government effort to enthe end the standoff. when he arrives, the atf agents are in shock. they had the look of defeat, the look of despair, the look of despondency. they had gone through a horrible day and were forcibly required to retreat from that scene. our top priority right from the start was to get a lid on the violence and then toring their emotionality down. as the shootout rages, atf agent jim cavanaugh is already on the phone with the davidians trying to gain a cease-fire. we were taking an awful beating. so many men were hurt and wounded and laying down there. when i called the compound, it was steven snyder.
they had the look of defeat, the look of despair, the look of despondency. they had gone through a horrible day and were forcibly required to retreat from that scene. our top priority right from the start was to get a lid on the violence and then to bring their emotionality down. as the shootout rages, atf agent jim cavanaugh is already on the phone with the davidians trying to gain a cease-fire. we were taking an awful
that s when lashon sawyer returns from the kitchen with the gun he says he found. just as i m about to enter the bar, i hear, he s got a gun. now for a split second i thought they were talking about me, but everybody was running toward me trying to get past me to go out of the back door. with the gun drawn, sawyer moves toward the door. yet another gunman has his weapon drawn bracing for a fight. there was someone else on my left who was at the point of the pool table. robbins moves in and then starts to fire. [ gunshots ] the second gunman from outside joins in the fight. the shootout rages at close range. the gunman next to sawyer by the pool table and the second shooter outside are never identified.
another man with robbins also has a handgun. as robbins looks inside the bar, word spreads that he s armed. that s when lashon sawyer returns from the kitchen with the gun he says he found. just as i m about to enter the bar, i hear, he s got a gun. now for a split second i thought they were talking about me, but everybody was running toward me trying to get past me to go out of the back door. with the gun drawn, sawyer moves toward the door. yet another gunman has his weapon drawn bracing for a fight. there was someone else on my left who was at the point of the pool table. robbins moves in and then starts to fire. [ gunshots ] the second gunman from outside joins in the fight. the shootout rages at close range.
the second gunman from outside joins in the fight. the shootout rages at close range. the gunman next to sawyer by the pool table and the second shooter outside are never identified. as the blasts ring out, sawyer scrambles for cover under the pool table. that first shot when he finally got one off, it actually hit the pool table. when i put my head up it hit right next to me, the right side of my head. it hit right there on the corner of the pool table. after several volleys, sawyer crawls back to the kitchen area, lucky to be alive. that was the craziest thing i ve ever seen. you know it was like watching something on tv. but the confrontation isn t over yet. the video shows marquese robbins walking back into the bar toward the kitchen area where he confronts sawyer face to face with his gun. he says, hey, you shooting back at me? and he raises his arm,