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  Standoff Ends with Shooting of Second Man
Posted by FoM on September 04, 2001 at 09:40:58 PT
By The Associated Press 
Source: Associated Press 

justice A campground standoff ended in its fifth day Tuesday with a second man fatally shot by police after allegedly pointing a weapon at an officer. Rolland Rohm, 28, was shot the day after his roommate was killed by an FBI agent, Cass County Sheriff Joseph Underwood Jr. said.

Rohm had been ordered several times to put his weapon down, but pointed the gun at a state trooper and was shot, Underwood said. A bomb squad was checking the campground.

"It's our understanding that the campground has been booby-trapped," Underwood said. Officials said a third man, Brandon J. Peoples, suffered minor injuries when Crosslin was shot and was being questioned. Authorities did not release any other information on Peoples.

Early Tuesday, Rohm had said he would surrender at 7 a.m. if his son were brought to see him, Underwood said. The sheriff said police were in the process of granting the request when a fire was reported at the compound shortly after 6 a.m. and Rohm was seen leaving the residence with a long gun.

About a half-hour later, Underwood said, police ordered Rohm to drop the weapon, but he pointed it an officer.

"We were actually having a dialogue with Mr. Rohm and he was in the process, we felt, of bringing this to a successful conclusion," Underwood said.

Rohm lived at the campground, called Rainbow Farms, with its owner, Grover T. Crosslin. Crosslin, 47, was fatally shot Monday evening by an FBI agent after pointing a rifle at the agent, Underwood said.

Crosslin had been facing felony drug and weapons charges, authorities said.

The standoff began Friday when deputies went to the farm after neighbors said Crosslin was burning buildings on his property, which is the target of civil forfeiture proceedings. A house and four main buildings appeared to have been burned since then, Underwood said.

Crosslin reportedly warned neighbors that day to leave the area because "all hell was going to break loose."

Dori Leo, Crosslin's and Rohm's attorney, said Rohm and his 12-year-old son, who was recently placed in foster care, had lived with Crosslin for at least five years. Leo said Crosslin was upset because Rohm's son, whom he helped raise, had been taken from the home.

Deputies said they believe Crosslin was upset about a bond revocation hearing scheduled for Friday. It was set because police believed he had held a festival on the campground, in violation of the terms of his release on previous drug and weapons charges.

Crosslin was arrested in May over allegations of marijuana use at his 34-acre campground and charged with felony possession of a firearm, growing marijuana and maintaining a drug house.

Authorities alleged Crosslin shot a news helicopter from WNDU-TV in nearby South Bend, Ind., as it flew overhead Friday. Shots also were fired at an unmarked state police plane Saturday but missed, police said. Both aircraft landed safely.

Crosslin had said he bought the property about 15 years ago to support "the medical, spiritual and responsible recreational uses of marijuana for a more sane and compassionate America."

On the Net:

Rainbow Farm: http://www.rainbowfarmcamp.com/

Source: Associated Press
Published: September 4, 2001
Copyright: 2001 Associated Press

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