>> BREAKING NEWS IN SUNRISE WHERE TWO F.B.I. AGENTS WERE FATALLY SHOT WHILE SERVING A
WARRANT.
OTHER AGENTS HAVE BEEN
HOSPITALIZED AND THE SUSPECT IS
DEAD.
>> A PROCESSION AS THE BODIES
WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE MEDICAL
EXAMINER’S OFFICE
>> LIVE AT BROWARD HEALTH IN
FORT LAUDERDALE.
WE WANT TO START THINGS OFF WITH
MAD LIN.
>> IT’S A SAD DAY FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT HERE IN SOUTH
FLORIDA.
THEY ARE MOURNING THE DEATH OF
TWO F.B.I. AGENTS KILLED ON THE
JOB.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS VERY
ACTIVE SCENE HERE IN SUNRISE.
IT HAS BEEN ACTIVE FOR THE LAST
SEVERAL HOURS.
NOW WE ARE GETTING OUR FIRST
LOOK AT THE SCENE WHERE IT
HAPPENED.
SKY 10 SHOWS A SWAT TRUCK
OUTSIDE WHAT APPEARS TO BE AN
APARTMENT UNIT WITH A PATIO AREA
IN PIECES.
ALSO VISIBLE, BLOOD FROM THE
DEADLY SHOOTING.
>> TWO F.B.I. AGENTS WERE KILLED
AND THREE F.B.I. AGENTS WOUNDED
IN A SHOOTING THIS MORNING IN
SUNRISE.
THE AGENTS WERE SERVED A WARRANT
IN A CHILD EXPLOITATION CASE IN
THE REFLECTIONS COMMUNITY WHEN
THE GUNFIRE BROKE OUT.
>> I JUST HEARD THE POLICE
SIRENS AND THE HELICOPTER.
THAT WAS IT.
>> SKY 10 FLEW OVER THE ENORMOUS
LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE, WHICH
INCLUDED POLICE DEPARTMENTS FROM
ALL OVER BROWARD COUNTY AND THE
SWAT TEAM.
PARAMEDICS TOOK THE WOUNDED
F.B.I. AGENTS.
THE STANDOFF CAME TO VIOLENT END
WHEN THE SUSPECT TOOK HIS OWN
LIFE.
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE
ARRIVED.
NOB HILL ROAD BETWEEN OAKLAND
PARK BOULEVARD AND NORTHWEST
44TH WERE SHUT DOWN IN BOTH
DIRECTIONS DURING THE
INVESTIGATION.
>> BACK LIVE AT THE SCENE, THE
F.B.I. HAS NOT SAID WHAT THAT
CHILD EXPLOITATION CASE WAS
ABOUT THAT LED THEM TO EXECUTE
THAT COURT-APPROVED SEARCH
WARRANT ON REFLECTIONS
BOULEVARD.
THE NAMES OF THE SUSPECT AND THE
OFFICERS INVOLVED, THE AGENTS
INVOLVED THAT IS, HAVE NOT BEEN
RELEASED.
>> AND ANY OTHER DETAILS YOU CAN
GIVE US ABOUT THE SUSPECT?
WE KNOW THE SUSPECT IS DEAD AT
THIS TIME.
BUT ANY DETAILS ON THE SUSPECT’S
PAST OR HISTORY AND ALSO HOW
THIS SHOOTOUT EVEN BEGAN IN THE
FIRST PLACE?
>> THOSE ARE ALL GREAT
QUESTIONS.
I ASKED THOSE TO THE F.B.I., BUT
THEY SAID BECAUSE OF THE ONGOING
INVESTIGATION, THEY CAN’T
RELEASE ANY MORE DETAILS.
THOSE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT
QUESTIONS AND WE KNOW THAT THIS
HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH A
VIOLENT CRIME AGAINST A CHILD
CASE.
BUT THAT WHOLE ASPECT OF THE
INVESTIGATION IS SH ROUDED IN
MYSTERY.
THERE ARE MANY PIECES THAT NEED
TO BE UNRAVELLED AND ALSO THE
FAMILY MEMBERS OF THOSE F.B.I.
AGENTS KILLED HAVE YET TO BE
NOTIFIED.
SO A LOT MORE TO COME ON THIS
CASE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
YOU’VE DONE A GREAT JOB KEEPING
US INFORMED.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR TEAM COVERAGE TURNS TO
LOCAL 10 NEWS REPORTER.
>> LIVE AT BROWARD HEALTH IN
FORT LAUDERDALE.
>> WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THESE
TWO AGENTS HAVE DIED AND THAT
THREE ARE WOUNDED.
TWO OF THOSE WOUNDED WERE
BROUGHT HERE TO THE HOSPITAL.
WE HAVE BEEN STANDING HERE
OUTSIDE OF BROWARD HEALTH TRAUMA
CENTER ALL MORNINGLONG.
THERE WAS A VERY HEAVY PRESENCE
HERE EARLIER.
WE EXPERIENCED, WE SAW A VERY
TRAGIC, BUT POWERFUL, MOMENT
WHEN ONE OF THE BODIES WAS
BROUGHT OUT OF THE HOSPITAL
DRAPED WITH AN AMERICAN FLAG
OVER IT, STANDING ALONGSIDE THAT
STRETCHER AS IT WENT TOWARDS THE
FIRE RESCUE WERE OFFICERS
SALUTING DOWN TO THAT BODY.
WE THEN SAW THE MEDICAL EXAMINER
VAN AND THE FIRE RESCUE ESCORTED
OUT OF HERE.
OUR CAMERAS CAPTURED THAT
MOTORCADE ARRIVING AT THE
MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE.
BACK HERE AT THE HOSPITAL,
THERE’S NO LONGER THAT PRESENCE.
WE HAVEN’T SEEN MUCH LAW
ENFORCEMENT HERE.
WE KNOW THE TWO PEOPLE, WOUNDED
AGENTS, ARE HERE AT THE HOSPITAL
GETTING TREATED.
AS FOR THE THIRD ONE, WE’RE NOT
SURE IF HE OR SHE IS HERE.
AS FOR THE IDENTITIES OF THOSE
TWO AGENTS, THERE’S A LOT OF
MOVING PARTS HERE.
FAMILIES NEED TO BE NOTIFIED.
WE’RE WORKING TO GET YOU ALL OF
THAT INFORMATION.
YOU CAN COUNT ON US TO BRING YOU
UPDATES ON AIR AND ONLINE.
>> ANY IDEA WHAT SORT OF
INJURIES THAT THESE AGENTS MAY
BE FACING?
YOU WERE SAYING WE KNOW TWO IN
THE HOSPITAL.
WE’RE WAITING TO GET A STATUS ON
THE THIRD AGENT THAT WAS ALSO
WOUNDED.
>> WE DO KNOW THAT THE TWO HERE
ARE IN STABLE CONDITION.
AS FOR THE THIRD, WE ARE HEARING
A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS FROM
SOURCES.
BUT THERE’S NOTHING CONFIRMED
FROM THE F.B.I. YET AS FOR THAT
THIRD PERSON.
BUT THOSE TWO AGENTS ARE IN
STABLE CONDITION.
SO WE KNOW THEY ARE GOING TO BE
OK.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
CHECKING OUT ALONG THE
PROCESSION ROUTE -- A SHERIFF’S
DEPUTY PASSING TO SALUTE AS THE
BODIES OF THE FALLEN AGENTS WERE
TRANSPORTED FROM THE HOSPITL TO
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE.
OUR COVERAGE NOW TURNS TO THE
F.B.I. HEADQUARTERS IN MIRAMAR.
>> WE FIND LOCAL 10 REPORTER
CHRISTINA VASQUEZ.
>> I’M JOINING YOU LIVE OUTSIDE
THE F.B.I.’S MIAMI DIVISION
WHERE I WANT TO SHOW YOU
SOMETHING.
A SHORT TIME AGO YOU’LL SEE
FLAGS DRAWN DOWN TO HALF-STAFF.
TWO AGENTS NOW DEAD, THREE HURT
AFTER THE F.B.I. SAYS THEY WERE
EXECUTING A SEARCH WARRANT IN
SUNRISE, A CASE INVOLVING
VIOLENT CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN.
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, A
SPOKESPERSON THERE TELLS ABC
NEWS THAT ACTING ATTORNEY
GENERAL MONTY WILKINSON HAS BEEN
BRIEFED.
I CHECKED WITH SECURITY JUST A
SHORT TIME AGO.
THEY TELL ME THEY ARE
ANTICIPATING THIS THIS AFTERNOON
THE SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE WILL
BRIEF US ABOUT THE EVENTS OF
TODAY.
OF COURSE WE ARE VERY CURIOUS TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT THOSE AGENTS.
EVERY DAY LAW ENFORCEMENT, THEY
SET OUT TO WORK, THERE’S A RISK
INVOLVED IN THE SERVICE TO THE
PUBLIC INTEREST AND THIS MORNING
SUCH A VIVID EXAMPLE OF THAT
ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.
TWO AGENTS LOSING THEIR LIFE AND
THREE WOUNDED.
WE ARE HOPING TO LEARN A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT THEM.
AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME THE
F.B.I. SAYS IT’S UNDER
INVESTIGATION AND THAT THEY ARE
NOT RELEASING THEIR NAMES YET
AND THEY ARE ALSO NOT RELEASING
THE NAME OF THE SUSPECT IN THIS