Albuquerque Man Charged For Shooting FBI Agent
FBI News:
ALBUQUERQUE – Derick Garcia, 32, of Albuquerque, has been charged in a criminal complaint with assault on a federal officer, being a felon in possession of a firearm and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.
Garcia is scheduled for an initial appearance at 9:28 a.m. today in federal court.
According to a criminal complaint, at 7:20 a.m. Dec. 11, Garcia allegedly shot a special agent of the FBI as the agent was in the process of executing a search warrant on the premises.
The agent was wearing a marked vest identifying him as an FBI agent, and agents had knocked, identified themselves as FBI, and announced that they had a warrant. The injured agent was transported to the University of New Mexico Hospital for care.