warned by a tribal judge that there would be trouble on the weekend as a result of the firing of Stephanie Hanson, and McMullen therefore assigned two additional officers to his command for May 19 and 20.


7
At approximately 4:45 a.m. on the morning of May 19, a group of approximately five armed men, led by tribal member Harry Hanson, entered the Red Lake Law Enforcement Center ("LEC") and took over the building.  There were eight officers on duty at the LEC that morning, and when the Hanson group entered, those officers were shooting pool and playing cards.  The Hanson group took as hostages two of the BIA officers, a police dispatcher, and two BIA jailers, locking them in one of their own jail cells.  Theyalso took several police weapons for their own use.


8
Five of the BIA officers were able to avoid being taken hostage.  They left the LEC in the midst of the takeover, and two of them went to inform McMullen of what had occurred.  McMullen then notified the dispatcher at the Beltrami County Sheriff's Office.  He reported the situation and requested assistance, and also asked that the FBI be told about the takeover.


9
At approximately 6:00 a.m., McMullen ordered several of his men to approach the LEC from the south.  As they did so, they saw Hanson and others in his group fire guns into the air.  Hanson began to move in the direction of the officers, and there was an exchange of fire.  Hanson