Two FBI agents were shot and killed in FloridaOn the 2nd (local time), two FBI agents who were executing a search warrant in Florida, USA, were shot and killed.
According to the Associated Press, a shooting took place in an apartment complex in Sunrise, South Florida, around 6 am that day.
FBI agents visited the apartment complex to execute federal search warrants in cases including child pornography and violent crimes against children.
Reuters reported that the search warrant was aimed at finding evidence related to allegations of possessing child pornography.
According to nearby residents, four guns were heard around 6 am, and two minutes later, more than five bullets were fired again.
Afterwards, a special squadron wearing a riot uniform appeared, and a scene of them moving around the apartment was observed.
The incident killed two of the FBI agents and wounded three. Both of the dead worked as agents for child-related crimes at the FBI.
The condition of the two people transferred to the hospital is stable, and the other is known to have suffered damage to the extent that they did not need to be hospitalized.
The suspect who hit the barricade was found dead. The Washington Post reported that it was not clear how the shooting occurred, but the suspect appears to have taken his own life.
The AP reported that the incident was a middle-class residential area with detached houses and apartments.
Immediately after the incident, the local police increased the deployment of police forces, closed the surrounding roads, and urged residents to stay at home.
FBI agent shooting death in FloridaThe most recent shooting death of an FBI agent was in November 2008. At the time, FBI agent Samuel Hicks was shot and killed while searching for a house in Pittsburgh related to drug trafficking.
Also, in 1994, a murder suspect fired at the Washington DC police station, killing two FBI agents and one police officer and injuring one.
One of the deadliest incidents is a shooting in April 1986 while pursuing two bank robbers in a suburb of Miami, Florida, killing two FBI agents and wounding five.
Reuters said the case was “one of the most bloody incidents in federal law enforcement agencies in decades.”
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