FBI: 2 agents killed, 3 wounded, suspect dead in Florida

Two FBI agents were fatally shot and three wounded while trying to serve a search warrant in Florida on Tuesday, prompting a SWAT team to storm an apartment building where the suspect was holed up as neighbors huddled inside their homes. The suspect also ended up dead.

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, according to the FBI website.

The FBI agents had come to the apartment complex to serve a federal search warrant in connection with a case involving child pornography and violent crimes against children, according to FBI Miami Special Agent Michael D. Leverock and FBI Agents Association President Brian O'Hare.

source: Article 'FBI: 2 agents killed, 3 wounded, suspect dead in Florida' by Terry Spencer & Michael Balsamo; apnews.com/article/fbi-agents-killed-florida-4c5b7cfc67469f9954491a04fdefe96b; AP NEWS; 2 February 2021