Topic: Foyer

Ophelia Santoyo provides an eyewitness account of the initial BATF raid on February 28, 1993. She describes seeing agents emerge from trailers with guns drawn and asserts that the federal agents fired first at David Koresh and Perry Jones. She recalls Koresh standing at the door without a weapon, telling the agents to wait because women and children were inside.

On the morning of February 28, 1993, David Koresh informed the community that a raid was imminent and instructed everyone to remain calm in their rooms. Koresh attempted to speak with agents at the front door, shouting that women and children were present before gunfire erupted. Perry Jones was among the first wounded, crawling up the hallway and informing others that Koresh had also been shot during the opening moments of the conflict.