Taylor Kitsch is cult leader David Koresh in a new teaser trailer for the event series WACO from Paramount Network and the Weinstein Company. Michael Shannon co-stars as FBI hostage negotiator Gary Noesner in the 6-part series detailing the real-life tragic stand-off between Koresh’s Branch Davidians and federal law enforcement in the spring of 1993.
86 people died as a result of the 51-day stand-off between Koresh and his followers, holed up inside their fortress-like compound in Waco, and officers of ATF and the FBI. The siege began after ATF agents attempted to storm the compound, resulting in a gun battle that took the lives of four agents and six Branch Davidians. The stand-off ended when the complex was set ablaze during an all-out FBI assault that resulted in the deaths of 76 sect members including Koresh. After the tragic events of that spring, law enforcement and the Justice Department ...
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