Two FBI agents killed, more injured in Sunrise, Florida shooting



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The shooting took place around 6 a.m. as a law enforcement team executed a federally ordered search warrant in a violent crimes against children case, according to a statement from Miami FBI Special Agent Michael D. Leverock and spokesperson Jim Marshall.

Two of the injured FBI agents were taken to hospital and are in stable condition, and the status of the injured third agent was not clear. The subject of the warrant is dead, the statement said.

The FBI said its inspection division was investigating the shooting.

“The review process is thorough and objective and is being conducted as quickly as possible under the circumstances,” the FBI statement said.

Video from CNN affiliate WSVN shows an ambulance driving from the scene to the Broward medical examiner’s office around 10:30 a.m., escorted by a group of law enforcement officers on motorcycles. Once there, a body on a stretcher draped in an American flag was carried into the building as a line of officers saluted.
A body draped in an American flag is transported from an ambulance following the fatal shooting of two FBI agents in Sunrise, Florida on Tuesday.

The shooting took place at the Water Terrace apartment complex in Sunrise at 6:04 a.m., according to Sunrise Police spokeswoman Otishia Browning-Smith. The person the officers were looking for had barricaded himself, she said.

Police said there was a heavy police presence in the 4200 Nob Hill Rd. area and the street was closed in both directions. The scene was safe at 9:04 am, according to the police, who has consistently urged people to stay home due to the ongoing investigation.
The apartment complex where the filming took place is an upscale gated community with a fitness center, pool, spa and tennis courts, its website says. Sunrise, a city of about 84,000 people as of the 2010 census, is located about 10 miles northwest of Fort Lauderdale in South Florida.



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