Editing Leonard Peltier (section)

=== Aftermath ===
At least three men were arrested in connection with the shooting: Peltier, Robert Robideau, and Darrelle "Dino" Butler, all AIM members who were present at the Jumping Bull compound at the time of the shootings.

Peltier provided numerous alibis to several people about his activities on the morning of the attacks.<ref name=":62">"[http://www.indiancountrynews.com/index.php/news/investigations/leonard-peltier/20-demain-editorial Leonard Peltier's Different Views of June 26, 1975] {{Webarchive|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210224210420/https://www.indiancountrynews.com/index.php/news/investigations/leonard-peltier/20-demain-editorial |date=February 24, 2021 }}", ''News from Indian Country''</ref> In an interview for [[Peter Matthiessen]]'s  1983 book ''[[In the Spirit of Crazy Horse (book)|In the Spirit of Crazy Horse]]'', Peltier described working on a car in Oglala, claiming he had driven back to the Jumping Bull Compound about an hour before the shooting started.<ref name=":62" /> In an interview with Lee Hill, though, he described being awakened in his tent at the ranch encampment by the sound of gunshots;<ref name=":62" /> but to Harvey Arden, for ''Prison Writings'', he described enjoying the beautiful morning before he heard the firing.<ref name=":62" /> In his 1999 memoir ''Prison Writings: My Life Is My Sun Dance'', Peltier admitted to participating in the shootout but said he did not kill the FBI agents.<ref name="Ezzo 2013 35–99"/><ref name="book71" />

On September 5, Butler was arrested; Agent Williams' handgun and ammunition were recovered from an automobile in the vicinity. Four days later, Peltier bought a station wagon.<ref name=":02" /> The following day, AIM member Robideau,{{efn|Robideau died February 17, 2009, in Spain from seizures related to brain injuries from the car explosion.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}}} Charles and Anderson were injured in the accidental explosion of ammunition from Peltier's station wagon on the [[Kansas Turnpike]] close to [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]]. Coler's .308 and an [[ArmaLite AR-15|AR-15]] were found in the burned vehicle. The FBI forwarded a description of a recreational vehicle (RV) and Peltier's Plymouth station wagon to law enforcement during the hunt for the suspects. The RV was stopped by an [[Oregon State Police|Oregon state trooper]], but the driver, later discovered to be Peltier, fled on foot after a small shootout. Peltier's thumbprint and Coler's handgun were discovered under the RV's front seat.<ref name=":02" />