The deadly shooting happened early Tuesday morning in a neighborhood in Sunrise, Fla. Author: Associated Press, 10 Tampa Bay Published: 8:42 AM EST February 2, 2021 Updated: 2:48 PM EST February 2, 2021
SUNRISE, Fla. Two FBI agents were killed and three wounded Tuesday after a standoff with a shooter in South Florida that forced people living nearby to huddle inside their homes as shots rang out and SWAT teams stormed an apartment building.
The confrontation in the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Sunrise marked one of the bloodiest days in FBI history in South Florida and among the deadliest nationally as well.
The fallen agents have been identified as Special Agent Daniel Alfin and Special Agent Laura Schwartzenberger.
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Special Agent Laura Schwartzenberger, 43, and Special Agent Daniel Alfin, 36, were killed in Sunrise, Florida on Tuesday morning in a dawn raid
The pair were killed and three injured while serving the warrant in a case involving child porn and violent crimes against children
The shooting unfolded at an apartment complex where the man suspected of possessing child porn lived
He watched the agents arrive through his doorbell camera and then opened fire in what is being described as an ambush
Terry Spencer And Michael Balsamo
Law enforcement officers gather near an apartment complex where two FBI agents were killed and three wounded while trying to serve a search warrant, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, in Sunrise, Fla. The suspect also ended up dead. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP) February 02, 2021 - 3:20 PM
SUNRISE, Fla. - Two FBI agents were killed and three wounded in a shooting that erupted on Tuesday when they arrived to search an apartment in a child pornography case, a confrontation that marked one of the bloodiest days in FBI history. The suspect is believed to have killed himself.
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February 2, 2021
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Law enforcement officials from numerous agencies line up to pay their respects as a flag-covered body was removed from the vehicle and taken inside. (WSVN-TV via AP)
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SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) Two FBI agents – one of whom got his start in Albany – were killed and three wounded in a shooting that erupted on Tuesday when they arrived to search an apartment in a child pornography case, a confrontation that marked one of the bloodiest days in FBI history. The suspect is believed to have killed himself.