Immigration agent shoots colleague in LA
- 12 years ago
The emergency services are gathered outside a U.S. federal building in the Long Beach suburb of Los Angeles.
The man wheeled into the ambulance is a U.S. Immigration and Customs enforcement agent.
He was shot and wounded by a colleague during an argument inside the agency offices.
The gunman was then shot by a third agent who intervened in the altercation, and was pronounced dead at the scene.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) STEVEN MARTINEZ, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, FBI, LOS ANGELES SAYING:
"When the incident escalated one agent fired several rounds at the other agent wounding him. The victim is currently hospitalized and in stable condition. At that time, when that incident occurred, another agent working nearby intervened and fired his weapon to prevent additional rounds being fired at the victim. This resulted in the death of the shooter. At this time we believe this was an isolated incident and we believe the shooter was acting alone."
The agents' identities have not been released, and the incident is under investigation.
Nick Rowlands, Reuters.
The man wheeled into the ambulance is a U.S. Immigration and Customs enforcement agent.
He was shot and wounded by a colleague during an argument inside the agency offices.
The gunman was then shot by a third agent who intervened in the altercation, and was pronounced dead at the scene.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) STEVEN MARTINEZ, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, FBI, LOS ANGELES SAYING:
"When the incident escalated one agent fired several rounds at the other agent wounding him. The victim is currently hospitalized and in stable condition. At that time, when that incident occurred, another agent working nearby intervened and fired his weapon to prevent additional rounds being fired at the victim. This resulted in the death of the shooter. At this time we believe this was an isolated incident and we believe the shooter was acting alone."
The agents' identities have not been released, and the incident is under investigation.
Nick Rowlands, Reuters.