POLICE KILL SECOND MAN AT RAINBOW FARMS; STANDOFF ENDS

A campground standoff ended Tuesday with a second man being fatally shot
after pointing a gun at police, according to the sheriff.

Rolland Rohm, 28, was shot about 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, the day after his
roommate was fatally shot by an FBI agent, Cass County Sheriff Joseph
Underwood Jr. said.

Grover T. Crosslin, the owner of the Rainbow Farms campground, was fatally
shot by a federal agent Monday evening.

The standoff between police and the pair began Friday. A third man, Brandon
J. Peoples, suffered minor injuries when Crosslin was shot and was being
questioned by authorities.

Underwood said Rohm was shot Tuesday after several orders by police to put
his weapon down. He said Rohm pointed the gun at a Michigan State Police
officer and was shot. It wasn't clear which officer shot Rohm.

Underwood said about 3:45 a.m., Rohm asked that his son be brought to see
him and told police that if he was, he would surrender at 7 a.m.

"We were actually having a dialogue with Mr. Rohm and he was in the
process, we felt, of bringing this to a successful conclusion," Underwood said.

The sheriff said police were in the process of granting the request when
shortly after 6 a.m., a fire was reported at the Rainbow Farm residence.
Rohm was then seen leaving the residence with a long gun and walking into
the yard, Underwood said.

"He comes out with a weapon and he engages officers again and they have to
respond," Underwood said.

He said a Michigan state police bomb squad was checking the campground
because they believed it had been booby-trapped.

The standoff began Friday when deputies went to the farm after neighbors
said Crosslin was burning buildings on his property. The sheriff's
department said an anonymous caller warned them that the fire was set up to
ambush police, so officers set up a perimeter around the camp for safety
reasons.

Rohm lived at the campground with Crosslin, 47. Crosslin was shot after
pointing a gun at an FBI agent, Underwood said. He had become agitated
after authorities denied a request for negotiations through a third party,
Underwood said.

Rohm's mother, Gerry Livermore, said earlier that she had feared there
might be a confrontation between Crosslin and her son and police.

She said the police "wanted to shut the campground down and what better way
to do it than to get rid of Tom," said Livermore, 46, of Rogersville, Tenn.
She went to high school in Indiana with Crosslin.

She and her husband drove from Tennessee after learning of the standoff on
their local television station.

Dori Leo, Crosslin's and Rohm's attorney, said she spoke to Rohm late
Monday night and had planned to return Tuesday to try to persuade him to
leave the farm peacefully. Rohm and his 12-year-old son, who was placed in
foster care about a month or two ago, had lived with Crosslin "as a family
unit" for at least five years, Leo said.

Leo said Crosslin was upset because Rohm's son, who he helped raise, had
been taken from the home.

Authorities arrested Crosslin and five others in May after a two-year
investigation into allegations of marijuana use at the 34-acre campground,
about 30 miles northeast of South Bend. Crosslin was charged with felony
possession of a firearm, growing marijuana and maintaining a drug house.

"Because of those criminal charges, his farm was in jeopardy of being taken
away. ... Now you have a man who is confronted with losing his family
unit," Leo said. "Tom and (Rolland) were going to stay on the farm and they
were not going to leave it no matter what."

She said Rohm also had faced criminal charges.

A court order issued in June prohibited Crosslin from having festival
gatherings at the farm. Police allege he violated the order by holding a
festival August 17-18, prompting the bond hearing. Deputies said they
believe Crosslin was upset about a Friday hearing to revoke his bond.

A judge had signed a warrant Monday charging Crosslin with attempted
destruction of an aircraft and using a firearm in a felony, the FBI said.

Authorities alleged Crosslin shot a news helicopter from WNDU-TV in South
Bend as it flew overhead Friday. Shots also were fired at an unmarked state
police plane Saturday but missed, police said. Both aircraft landed safely.

According to the farm's Web site, Crosslin bought the property about 15
years ago with the idea of supporting, "the medical, spiritual and
responsible recreational uses of marijuana for a more sane and
compassionate America."

The farm includes several buildings including a coffee bar called The
Joint, and a hemp-themed gift shop. Each year it hosts two festivals called
HempAid and RoachRoast, the Web site says.