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Before laying his son to rest, Randy Weaver left the cabin to visit him one last time.

He was joined by his 16-year-old daughter Sarah and family friend Kevin Harris.

Randy Weaver was lifting the latch to the shed where Samuel's body lay when a shot rang out.

An FBI sniper named Lon Horiyuchi, who had been watching the scene from 200 yards to the north, had taken fire.

The shot struck Randy in his back, with the bullet exiting his right armpit.

Injured but not incapacitated, Randy turned and ran back towards the cabin with Sarah and Kevin.

Sarah did her best to shield her father from being shot again, realising that he was the target, and pushed him in front of her towards the cabin.

Vicky Weaver stood in the cabin's doorway, holding the door open for them with her 10-month-old daughter Alicia Burr in her arms.

Randy and Sarah raced indoors, with Kevin behind them.

As he crossed the threshold, Agent Horiyuchi fired another shot, aiming for Kevin.

but the bullet struck Vicki first, fatally tearing through her face before hitting Kevin Harris in the chest.

Vicki fell to the floor with her infant daughter still in her arms.

Kevin was badly injured and begged Randy to kill him and put him out of his misery.

Randy refused.

The Weavers felt like they were being hunted.

They had no faith in the federal government and refused to trust the FBI negotiators who tried to arrange for their surrender.

The standoff went on for days, with the Weaver family holed up inside their cabin and federal agents surrounding the property.

A crowd of spectators and protesters sympathetic to the Weavers gathered at the base of the mountain.

Some carried signs that decried the actions of federal law enforcement.

One read, Federal informant, federal charges, federal attack.