Shepherd's Rod / Davidian History - Temcat's House

SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Shepherd’s Rod and the Davidians
What about the dead and wounded inside the compound? Agents tried to get Koresh to send them out
so they could be treated, but he was more interested in discussing his theories with them. He
considered the seven seals more important than helping the injured.
The primary gun battle took place between 9:45 (or 9:55) and 10:15 a.m.; gunfire continued sporadically
throughout the afternoon. At 5 p.m., Ted Royster of the ATF announced that it was still going on.
Fearful of what might be in Koresh's western outpost, the La Verne, California, police hurriedly prepared
search warrants and that afternoon entered Koresh's harem house at' 2707 White Avenue. They found
three people, but no weapons, reported Sgt. John Hackworth.
In addition, California police were giving shelter to several former cult members who, fearing that
Koresh might somehow send someone to kill them, went to the police for protection.
At that 5 p.m. news conference at the Dallas ATF Field Office, Ted Royster summarized the days'
happenings. He said the death of four agents marked the deadlist day in the agency's history.
As told to CNN in a phone interview, that evening, Koresh telephoned his mother, Bonnie Halderman, in
Chandler, Texas. Finding her not at home, he left this message on her answering machine:
"Hello, Mama, It's your boy. . They shot me and I'm dying, all right? But I'll be back real soon. Okay? I'll
see y'all in the skies."
According to a different version of this story, reported by a former cult member, his mother answered
the phone, received the message that he was wounded and dying–and then there was silence on the
line. She dropped the phone in hysteria.
About 4 p.m., the ATF asked KRLD radio in Dallas to broadcast a message to Howell, that the agency
would not use aggression if he were willing to give up. KRLD broadcast the message several times. Later,
in a telephone interview with KRLD, Koresh said he was the most seriously wounded of three people
inside the compound. "I've been shot. I'm bleeding bad. I'm going home. I'm going back to my father.
Your weapons have overcome me this time. I begged these men to go away." He began to cry, as he
talked about the 2-year-old baby which had died. He said she was his own daughter.
When asked about his wounds, he replied that he had been hit "in the gut and the leg." But, from
Koresh's description of his wounds, physicians recognized that he only had two superficial flesh wounds:
one in the hand and another in his leg.
SUNDAY EVENING
Over the KRLD, early that evening, Koresh said: "There are a lot of children here. I've had a lot of babies
these past two years. It's true that I do have a lot of children and I do have a lot of wives." Prior to this,
in contacts with the public press, Koresh had always denied having more than one wife and two
children.
Within the next few days, it was obvious to telephone negotiators that Koresh was recovering quite well
from his flesh wounds.
At 6 p.m., the shooting by cult members increased. ATF agents returned the fire. Three men burst out of
the compound, In the shooting that followed, one cult member was killed, another was captured, and a
third wounded, but able to get back into the compound.
At 7:30 p.m., cult leader, David Koresh, was honored with a full-scale interview by CNN.
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