Here's another article with more detail. Gotta love the SPLC: http://www.arizonarepublic.com/news/articles/1107cooper07.html
"For more than 3 1/2 years, he had been holed up in his house in Eagar, threatening to kill police officers and federal agents," said Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center. "He was talked about as a guy who talked crazy and made a lot of threats.
-Declan On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 09:34:07PM -0800, Tim May wrote:
Got the URL for the AP story on William Cooper's death in a midnight raid:
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/breaking/1106deputyshot06-ON.html
--Tim May "If I'm going to reach out to the the Democrats then I need a third hand.There's no way I'm letting go of my wallet or my gun while they're around." --attribution uncertain, possibly Gunner, on Usenet