CAMPGROUND OWNER SHOT DEAD BY FBI

VANDALIA, Mich. -- An FBI agent fatally shot a campground owner who
allegedly fired at a news helicopter and a police plane during a four-day
standoff that began after he started burning buildings and reportedly
telling neighbors "all hell was going to break loose."

Grover T. Crosslin, whose campground was known for its advocacy of
marijuana use, was shot Monday night after he exited a building on his
property and pointed a rifle at the agent, Cass County Sheriff Joseph
Underwood Jr. said in a news release late Monday.

Crosslin, 47, had been facing felony drug and weapons charges when the
standoff began Friday, authorities said.

Roland Rohm, who lived with Crosslin, remained inside the residence early
Tuesday and FBI agents were negotiating for his surrender, FBI Special
Agent Dawn Clenney said.

Supporters of Crosslin and the campground, called Rainbow Farm, gathered
near the property throughout the weekend. Many of them waived signs
denouncing the government and held a candlelight vigil Sunday night.

The group declined requests for comment early Tuesday, saying they would
make a statement later in the day.

His father, Grover Crosslin, told the Detroit Free Press and South Bend
Tribune earlier Monday that his son is a good man, but stubborn.

"When he believes in something, he's going to take it all the way to the
end," Grover Crosslin said. "I don't have the slightest idea what's going
to happen here, but to me it doesn't look promising because I don't see my
son backing down."

The standoff began when deputies went to the farm after neighbors said
Crosslin was burning buildings on his property, which is the target of
civil forfeiture proceedings. A house and four main buildings on the
campground property appeared to have been burned since then, Underwood said.

Crosslin reportedly warned neighbors that day to leave the area because
"all hell was going to break loose."

Deputies said they believe Crosslin was upset about a bond revocation
hearing scheduled for Friday. It was set because police believed he had
held a festival on the campground, in violation of the terms of his release
on previous drug and weapons charges.

Crosslin had been arrested in May over allegations of marijuana use at his
34-acre campground and charged with felony possession of a firearm, growing
marijuana and maintaining a drug house.

Crosslin became agitated Monday after authorities brought a phone to him in
an attempt to begin negotiations, Underwood said. When authorities denied
Crosslin's request to speak with a third party, he began making threatening
remarks and gestures, the sheriff said. That's when he left the residence
and was shot.

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

Authorities alleged Crosslin shot a news helicopter from WNDU-TV in nearby
South Bend, Ind., as it flew overhead Friday. Shots also were fired at an
unmarked state police plane Saturday but missed, police said. Both aircraft
landed safely without injuries.

According to the Rainbow 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."

Crosslin had previously worked as a truck driver and a flag pole installer.

Crosslin's attorney, Dori Leo, said her client was upset because a child he
helped raise has been taken from the home he shared with Rohm. The boy was
placed in foster care soon after Crosslin and Rohm were charged with the
drug counts, Leo told the South Bend Tribune.

Vandalia Mayor Sondra Mose-Ursery said she knew Crosslin well and wasn't
surprised by his confrontation with authorities.

"I figured it was going to happen, by the way he had talked about not
wanting to go to jail for (doing) something he believed in," she told the
Tribune. "He believes he should be able to do what he wants on his own
property."