Remarks as delivered.
Good afternoon. On behalf of the entire FBI, it’s an honor to be here today to remember Special Agent Laura Schwartzenberger.
There are no good words to make sense of a loss like this. No good words for a day like Tuesday, or like today. There is a heaviness in our hearts a burden unlike any other because there is nothing more devastating to the FBI Family than the loss of an agent in the line of duty.
It is the news we pray will never come and when it does, every FBI employee feels it deep down in their souls, whether they had the privilege of knowing Laura or not. Because we all know the risks our agents take, every day, to uphold an oath taken long ago, knowing that life can change forever in a mere moment.
There are no good words to make sense of a loss like this. No good words for a day like Tuesday, or like today. There is a heaviness in our hearts a burden unlike any other because there is nothing more devastating to the FBI Family than the loss of an agent in the line of duty.
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.
FBI Special Agents killed in South Florida spent careers fighting against child abuse
Special Agent Daniel Alfin, 36, and Special Agent Laura Schwartzenberger, 43, arrived at a Sunrise, Fla. apartment expecting to continue their life s work. Author: Andrew Quintana (WTSP) Updated: 5:47 PM EST February 3, 2021
SUNRISE, Fla. Tuesday marked one of the bloodiest days in FBI history, after two agents were killed and three others were wounded during a standoff in South Florida. The special agents who arrived to an apartment complex in Sunrise that morning were continuing their life s work - fighting against the abuse of children.
Special Agent Daniel Alfin, 36, and Special Agent Laura Schwartzenberger, 43, were killed at 6 a.m. while they attempted to serve a search warrant for a case involving violent crimes against children. FBI Director Christopher Wray said agents Alfin and Schwartzenberger exemplified heroism.