2 FBI agents killed in shooting in Florida
Sun Online Desk
3rd February, 2021 10:42:46
The sun had not come up yet on Tuesday when a group of FBI agents assigned to investigate criminals who prey on children online approached the Water Terrace apartments in Sunrise, Fla., to execute a search warrant, a routine part of the job that is always fraught with risk.
What exactly happened in the ensuing minutes is unknown, but a gun battle broke out, rousting neighbors out of bed in the quiet residential community. Law enforcement officials called emergency dispatchers. Multiple shots fired, they reported. Send air rescue.
What we know about the Florida raid that led to 2 FBI agents’ deaths
The FBI on Wednesday named the man who shot five agents, killing two, as they tried to execute a search warrant in South Florida.
David Huber, 55, of Sunrise, died in Tuesday’s incident, but authorities have not said what led to his death.
The agents were at work in Sunrise as part of a violent crimes against children case when the gunfight with the suspect happened, FBI officials said.
Killed were Special Agent Daniel Alfin and Special Agent Laura Schwartzenberger, the FBI said.
Here’s what we know about the incident so far:
Two FBI agents who were killed in Florida are being praised for their heroism as investigators review what happened during the shootout.
The agents were shot while serving a warrant in a child exploitation case early Tuesday, according to the FBI. The deceased suspect was identified as David Huber, 55, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday.
The suspect started shooting and barricaded himself inside a residence at the Water Terrace apartment complex, according to Otishia Browning-Smith, a spokeswoman for the Sunrise Police Department.
Authorities are investigating whether the suspect had cameras rigged at the apartment to provide an outside view of people who might be approaching at the time of the incident said the source, who is not authorized to comment publicly. The suspect died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, said a person familiar with the matter.
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The gunman who killed two FBI agents and wounded three more at the door of his Sunrise, Florida, apartment Tuesday has been identified as 55-year-old David Lee Huber, The Associated Press reported Wednesday.
In the wake of the killing of a male and female FBI agent, and the wounding of three others, authorities were investigating whether the suspect had cameras rigged at the apartment to provide an outside view of people who might be approaching, a source told the USA TODAY Network.