FBI: 2 Agents Killed, 3 Wounded, Suspect Dead In Florida

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Law enforcement officers block an area where a shooting wounded several FBI while serving an arrest warrant, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Two FBI agents were fatally shot and three wounded Tuesday while serving a federal search warrant in a child exploitation case in South Florida, authorities said.

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The suspect also died at some point during the standoff in which he barricaded himself inside a home, said FBI Miami Special Agent Michael D. Leverock.

Two of the wounded agents were taken to hospitals to be treated and were in stable condition, Leverock said, adding that the names of the deceased agents will not be released immediately. The suspect’s name also was not released.

Law enforcement officers walk near the entrance to an apartment complex where a shooting wounded several FBI agents while serving an arrest warrant, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

The agents had arrived to serve a federal search warrant in connection with a case involving violent crimes against children, Leverock said.

Law enforcement agencies swarmed the neighborhood in the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Sunrise after the shooting. Another large contingent of officers gathered outside a Fort Lauderdale hospital where victims were taken, according to television video.

The shooting happened around 6 a.m. in a middle-class neighborhood of single family homes, duplexes and apartment buildings. Hours later, Sunrise Police urged residents of Water Terrace to remain inside their homes while law enforcement blocked the entrances to their community.


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D MacKAY
D MacKAY
3 years ago

Apparwently the dead suspects Child Pornaography was video evidence of Politicians and the ‘Elites” engaed in act of Pedophilea”
FBI agents wold die to conceal that? Wow!
Lets see how this gets spun.
Really a multi agency taskforce goes in with an arrest warrant on a “Barricaded posesser of Kidde porns” and two agents killed and two seriously wounded- and yeah sure the perpetrator commtted suicide – and they even named the FBI shooter who Suicided the perpetrator.
Americas DOJ Doctrine of Sovereign Immunity leaves we the people with little choice other than kill the Feds before they kill you – the Feds will be auto exonierated for killing you – for whatever.