and the other dissidents ran back to the LEC.


10
At approximately 7:00 a.m., McMullen and the officers who had approached the LEC retreated to a building referred to as "the Mission," where they established a temporary command post.  McMullen spoke at this time to one of the dissidents on his car radio, and was told that the hostages would not be harmed as long as the dissidents were not.


11
At approximately 9:00 a.m., in response to McMullen's request for assistance, seventeen additional officers arrived at the reservation:  Beltrami County Sheriff Tom Tolman and five of his deputies, and Bemidji Police Chief David Simondet and ten of his officers.  Tolman and McMullen conferred at the Mission and decided to erect roadblocks at four key intersections in order tocontain the disturbance by confining the dissidents to the area surrounding the LEC and keeping other people away.


12
At approximately 9:00 or 9:30 a.m., shortly after the roadblocks had been established, the dissidents fired upon them.  McMullen ordered one of the roadblocks pushed back about 150 yards in order to protect the officers.  He did not tighten the perimeter around the LEC because he feared that would result in a gun battle, endangering the lives not only of the officers involved but also of the bystanders who had been gathering (in spite of the roadblocks).


13
At approximately 9:30 a.m., FBI Agent Erwin went to the town of Red Lake.  He had been dispatched by David Brumble, Special Agent in Charge of the Minneapolis division of the FBI,