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.
Officials have identified David Lee Huber as the suspect in a shooting that killed two Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents in Sunrise, Florida on Tuesday.
The two FBI agents were killed while executing a search warrant in a child pornography case. Three other agents were also wounded.
The FBI confirmed that the shooting suspect was David Lee Huber. Authorities said it was Huber who engaged the FBI agents in a gun battle when they arrived at the 55-year-old suspect s apartment.
After the shootout, David Lee Huber allegedly killed himself. On Wednesday, the Broward Medical Examiner s Office confirmed that the suspect s body was already in the morgue.
FBI Says 2 Agents Killed, 3 Wounded in South Florida While Serving Warrant; Suspect Dead By Spectrum News Staff and Associated Press Florida UPDATED 2:17 PM ET Feb. 02, 2021 PUBLISHED 10:01 AM ET Feb. 02, 2021 PUBLISHED 10:01 AM EST Feb. 02, 2021
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SUNRISE, Fla. Two FBI agents are dead and three agents were wounded in a shooting on Tuesday morning while serving a federal search warrant in a child exploitation case in South Florida, the FBI said, who added that the subject was also fatally shot.
What You Need To Know
Shooting happened at about 6 a.m. in Sunrise
Agents Daniel Alfin, Laura Schwartzenberger were killed
Suspect barricaded himself inside home; officials say he is dead
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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