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FBI Agent may have been shot by fellow FBI Agent

VAopencarry

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From CNN:

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Preliminary information suggests an FBI agent killed Thursday during an attempted arrest of three bank-robbery suspects in New Jersey may have been accidentally shot by an another agent, the bureau said in a statement. Barry Lee Bush, 52, a special agent assigned to the Newark, New Jersey FBI office, was fatally wounded during a "dynamic arrest situation," the FBI said.......
rest of article

That sucks.

Yet the general public continues to believe law enforcement have these mythical ninja like abilities with guns, go figure.......
 

LeagueOf1291

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I heard on the radio yesterday that this is only the thirty-fifth time that an FBI agent has been shot in the line of duty. I wonder how many others were friendly fire?

Edit: maybe that was thirty-five"killed" in the line of duty.
 
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