CAMPGROUND OWNER KILLED AFTER FOUR-DAY STANDOFF

VANDALIA, Michigan (CNN) -- A campground owner involved in four-day
standoff with police in rural southwestern Michigan was shot and killed
Monday evening, according to a source at the multi-agency task force
headquarters created to deal with the standoff.

The task force was composed of members of the FBI, the Michigan State
Police and the Cass County Sheriff's Office.

Tom Crosslin, 46, owner of Rainbow Farm Campground, was wanted on federal
charges for firing at an aircraft, in addition to state drug and firearms
charges.

Police and the FBI tried for four days to talk with Crosslin, who was holed
up in a house on the property along with two other people.

The standoff began Friday after gunfire was reported on the campground,
which according to its Web site advocates legalizing the use of marijuana.
A forfeiture proceeding was initiated against the property in May.

When sheriff's deputies responded Friday and found several structures on
fire, Crosslin began firing gunshots as they attempted to approach the
structures, authorities said.

Neighbors told police Crosslin had warned "all hell was going to break
loose," and officials evacuated nearby residents.

WNDU-TV in South Bend, Indiana, said its news helicopter was struck Friday
by one of the bullets as it flew over the scene to cover the fires. The
station broadcast pictures of a bullet hole in the helicopter's stabilizer.

Sheriff's officials notified area airport control towers Friday to keep
aircraft out of the area after several gunshots were also fired at an
unmarked Michigan State Police aircraft and a civilian aircraft.

Later that day, a warrant was issued for Crosslin's arrest when he failed
to make a scheduled court appearance in connection with a prior drug charge.

An official with the sheriff's office said authorities were going to revoke
Crosslin's bond because he was again allegedly involved in drug activity.

Another warrant -- for felony possession of a firearm -- was issued after
Crosslin was spotted carrying an "assault-type weapon," the sheriff's
statement said.

A statement from the sheriff's office said Monday that Crosslin also faced
"a federal complaint and [an] arrest warrant has been authorized for
attempted destruction of an aircraft."

Vandalia is in southwestern Michigan, about 30 miles north of South Bend,
Indiana.