churches. not exactly a bastion of conservatism. and he described the the march on on waco to one mark cattle trailers drew up in front of the building at mount carmel and disgorged more than 70 agents dressed in dark commando costumes, complete with ski masks and carrying guns. who raced toward the buildings and several groups shouting and and he says, at some point, shooting david koresh, unarmed, opened the front door before they reached out and called. what do you want? there's women and children in here. the lead agent claimed to have yelled police, get down or some such crime and courage closed the door thereafter. heavy firing broke out says from both sides, who fired first and at what remains a matter of sharp dispute. two teams of atf agents with ladders mounted to the roof of the first floor and broke into the windows of the second floor where they believe the weapons were stored. they met with heavy fire, which resulted in several casualties. one team did not make an entry, but the other did. its were not able to advance. however, and the effort failed. firing continued from both sides for some time, with the agents pinned down behind the