SHOOTING DEATH ENDS CAMPGROUND STANDOFF

VANDALIA, Mich. - A campground owner facing drug and weapons charges
was fatally shot by an FBI agent Monday night after a four-day
standoff, authorities said.

Grover T. Crosslin, 47, was shot and killed after he walked out of a
building with a rifle and pointed it at the agent, Cass County
Sheriff Joseph Underwood Jr. said Monday night. Cass County is just
north of South Bend.

Crosslin became agitated after officers brought a phone to him in an
attempt to begin negotiations, Underwood said. Crosslin's request to
speak with a third party was denied, and he began making threatening
remarks, the sheriff said.

Crosslin "approached an area where an FBI observer had been
stationed, and upon seeing the FBI observer, Crosslin immediately
raised the weapon to shoulder height and pointed it directly at the
agent," Underwood said. The FBI agent shot Crosslin once, the sheriff
said.

A judge had signed a warrant charging Crosslin with attempted
destruction of an aircraft for firing on a news helicopter and using
a firearm in a felony.

The standoff started Friday when deputies went to the farm after
neighbors said Crosslin was burning buildings on his property, which
is the target of forfeiture proceedings.

It appears a house and four main buildings on the property have been
burned since then, Underwood said.