FBI Special Agent Laura Schwartzenberger is seen here teaching students at Rockway Middle School about online safety.
As recently as last February, she joined a 6th grade legal studies class at Rockway Middle School to teach students about staying safe on the internet. She sacrificed her life to protect youth, Superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools Alberto Carvalho tweeted Tuesday. From speaking to [Rockway Middle School] students about cyber safety, to fighting crimes against children, [FBI] Special Agent Laura Schwartzenberger was deeply devoted to her work. Our hearts go out to her family, as well as that of SA Daniel Alfin.
Two FBI agents were killed and three others were injured in a shootout with a suspect in Sunrise, Florida, on Tuesday morning, the FBI said in a statment.
FBI identifies suspect who killed 2 agents in Sunrise as David Lee Huber
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SUNRISE, Fla. – The FBI announced on Wednesday that David Lee Huber was the child pornography suspect who killed FBI Special Agents Laura Schwartzenberger and Daniel Alfin before killing himself on Tuesday in Sunrise.
The FBI also suspected Huber, 55, a computer consultant, of violent crimes against children. He had surveillance cameras at his apartment when the agents arrived to execute a federal warrant at the Water Terrace Apartments, 10000 Reflections Blvd. W., Apt. 102.
Neighbors described Huber as “a loner.” Records show Huber got divorced in 2016 after 16 years of marriage and he was a father of three. He had traffic tickets, but he didn’t have a criminal record, records show. The Federal Aviation Administration reports Huber received his commercial pilot certificate on May 23, 1994.
FBI agents killed in Florida had history of pursuing child-porn cases
Both Daniel Alfin and Laura Schwartzenberger had a distinguished history of investigating child pornography and sexual exploitation cases in South Florida.
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Law enforcement officers gather near where a shooting killed two FBI agents and wounded three others on Tuesday in Sunrise. [ MARTA LAVANDIER | AP ]
By By Aaron Leibowitz, David Ovalle and Jay Weaver, Miami Herald
Published Feb. 3
The two FBI agents fatally shot while serving a warrant Tuesday morning in Sunrise were Daniel Alfin and Laura Schwartzenberger, both of whom had a distinguished history of investigating child pornography and sexual exploitation cases in South Florida.
Community reacts to fatal shooting of FBI agents February 2, 2021 at 11:21 PM EST - Updated February 3 at 9:00 AM
Maaz Malik stood at the perimeter of a crime scene Tuesday, wondering what was happening. I heard there was a shooting, Malik said. I knew something was going on.
He didn t know who got shot or who was doing the shooting. But eventually, word spread throughout his Sunrise neighborhood. I didn t realize that it would be two FBI (agents), he said.
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The agents were attempting to serve a search warrant at an apartment complex. The vast majority of these warrants occur without incident, Special Agent in Charge George Piro said.