Some people were buried alive others suffocated from the gas and the fire and some were shot. A close friend of David who helped him with the cult later resized that he made a mistake by helping David he ended up shooting him and then shot himself with the same exact gun. An FBI guard got stabbed in the chest during the attack but ended up surviving. Seventy six people died during this tragic event only nine people were able to leave the building safely.
Not everyone knows the truth about who fired first but many sources say that the branch divisions fired first on Davids command because the FBI was trying to enter the building and they didn’t let them. Twenty years later the surviving kids were interviewed and told their stories. It is interesting to know that even though David new that the FBI was going to show up he didn’t act like the new, he was not ready, he tried to call it off but it did not work, so he thought only had one choice and it was to fight