On Feb 28, 1993, agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms raided the Branch Davidian complex, headed by David Koresh, in what Texas city?
Conway LeBleu agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms killed in the raid of the Branch Davidian compound headed by David Koresh in Waco, Texas. Federal officials said that they were searching for illegal weapons at the compound. More than eighty of the Branch Davidians died in a federal raid in April 1993 after a two-month standoff. Conway Charles LeBleu, who was killed on the first day of the crisis on February 28, is interred at Consolata Cemetery in Lake Charles. LeBleu died a week after his 89th birthday. He is interred alongside his wife, who outlived all of her
David Koresh those children previously released. The siege began on February 28, 1993, when the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) raided Mount Carmel Center. The ensuing gun battle resulted in the deaths of four agents and six Branch Davidians. Shortly after the initial raid, the FBI Hostage Rescue Team took command of the federal operation, because the FBI has jurisdiction over incidents involving the deaths of federal agents. The negotiating team established contact with Koresh inside the compound. Communication over the next 51 days included telephone exchanges with various FBI negotiators. Koresh had been seriously injured by a gunshot. As