Skip to main content

This is archived content from the U.S. Department of Justice website. The information here may be outdated and links may no longer function. Please contact webmaster@usdoj.gov if you have any questions about the archive site.

Report to the Deputy Attorney General on the Events at Waco, Texas: Closing

U.S. Department of Justice
Washington, D.C. 20530

 USDOJ Seal

Go back to Table of Contents

Return to DOJ Home page

 

Report to the Deputy Attorney General on the Events at Waco, Texas
February 28 to April 19, 1993

Closing

 

The events at the Branch Davidian compound outside Waco, Texas were exceptional and required an-exceptional response by law enforcement. Unfortunately, despite the efforts of law enforcement, the incident also had an exceptionally tragic ending. This report is being provided with the hope that everyone, whether government official or citizen, can understand, to the greatest degree possible, what happened at Mt. Carmel, and can avoid similar situations in the future.

 

Continue... Appendix A. Photographs of Compound ->

Updated February 15, 2018