McLean, VA (September 10, 2024) - The three deadliest shootouts in law enforcement history claimed the lives of 16 law enforcement officers. The first occurred on December 15, 1890, when federal officers from the Bureau of Indian Affairs attempted to arrest the legendary Sioux Indian leader, Sitting Bull. Six officers were killed. On January 2, 1932, Greene County (MO) Sheriff Marcell Hendrix took nine officers with him to arrest suspected cop killer, Harry Young, and his outlaw brothers. They were met with a hail of gunfire and when the shooting stopped Sheriff Hendrix and five of his officers were dead. And on February 28, 1993, 75 federal agents went to serve court-ordered warrants for suspected weapons violations on a religious cult compound in Waco, Texas. But cult leader, David Koresh, had been tipped off and when the agents arrived they were fired upon in an ambush attack. An intense gunfight erupted, resulting in the deaths of four agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF)—Conway LeBleu, Todd McKeehan, Robert Williams and Steven Willis. Sixteen other agents were wounded.
"Heroes Live Forever" - the three deadliest shootouts in law enforcement history