#BREAKING: IRS Agent Fatally Shoots and kills another Agent At Phoenix Shooting gun Range

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/rawsalerts/status/1692343196955672596

[Bigun]

Years ago, I shot pistols compressively and will tell you without equivocation that the most dangerous individuals I've ever encountered on a firing line were cops of some variety.

[American Girl]

This is why you don’t train accountants to be police officers

But can anybody explain again why we need armed IRS agents?

https://defiantamerica.com/video-irs-agent-fatally-shoots-and-kills-another-agent-at-phoenix-shooting-range-here-are-the-details/

[massadvj]

I have no problem with this so long as they kill each other.

[Kamaji]

This is why you don’t train accountants to be police officers

But can anybody explain again why we need armed IRS agents?

https://defiantamerica.com/video-irs-agent-fatally-shoots-and-kills-another-agent-at-phoenix-shooting-range-here-are-the-details/

The IRS has criminal investigators - yes, there are tax crimes - and IRS special agents are authorized to carry weapons and have arrest powers.

[dfwgator]

A good start.

[GtHawk]

Question: Did the shooter qualify? I mean he did prove that he is proficient at killing an innocent subject afteral

[PeteS in CA]

Ignorance and arrogance are a bad mixture.

[Kamaji]

Ignorance and arrogance are a bad mixture.

Especially around firearms.

[DCPatriot]

Question: Did the shooter qualify? I mean he did prove that he is proficient at killing an innocent subject afteral

Haven't read any particulars.

The range was host to multiple law enforcement jurisdictions and levels.

It could have been a practice SWAT 'attack' which included pop-up perps OR innocent civilians carrying shopping bags...

...or a 300 lb White guy with a cane at 6AM having his front door destroyed.  /s

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Why in God's name do IRS agents need to carry guns? I cannot think of any reason.

[Kamaji]

Why in God's name do IRS agents need to carry guns? I cannot think of any reason.

Only a limited number of IRS agents - the ones charged with investigating tax crimes - carry guns.  These are the so-called "special agents" - they also have arrest powers.  Most IRS agents do not carry a gun as part of their official duties, except in very limited circumstances where they've been threatened and have been authorized to carry for self-defense.

[mountaineer]

A good start.

86,999 to go?

Sorry, that was rude.

[Elderberry]

American Military News by  Elizabeth Lawrence  August 18, 2023

An Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agent was fatally shot on Thursday by another IRS agent during a training exercise in Arizona, officials said. The shooting was reportedly an accident.

Charlotte M. Dennis, a spokesperson for the Phoenix Field Office of the IRS Criminal Investigation (CI) division, told CBS 5 the “incident” involved IRS special agents. The injured agent was transported to HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center, where the agent later died.

“Our concern today is for the agent and their family,” Dennis said.

According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the deadly shooting took place at the Federal Correctional Institution Phoenix Firing Range, where multiple federal agencies were working at the time, Fox News reported.

The FBI’s Phoenix field office is investigating the shooting.

More: https://americanmilitarynews.com/2023/08/irs-agent-fatally-shot-by-fellow-agent-during-training-exercise/

[Mod2]

Merged threads.

[PeteS in CA]

A rangemaster FB friend commented that when you set aside all the political stuff, it's pretty obvious that at least a couple of very basic range safety rules were broken. I don't know what specific rules set he had in mind, but even in the Hunter's Safety course I took 40 or 50 years ago I knew to always treat a gun as if it's loaded, and to never point a gun at a human (including down-range from my target.

[GtHawk]

A rangemaster FB friend commented that when you set aside all the political stuff, it's pretty obvious that at least a couple of very basic range safety rules were broken. I don't know what specific rules set he had in mind, but even in the Hunter's Safety course I took 40 or 50 years ago I knew to always treat a gun as if it's loaded, and to never point a gun at a human (including down-range from my target.

Well yeah, of course, but what about an oopsie?

[mountaineer]

IRS special agent killed by friendly fire during training exercise in Arizona
    by: Leah Anaya 2023-08-19
 Source: Law Enforcement Today

PHOENIX, AZ - On Thursday, a special agent with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was shot and killed during a training exercise at a federal gun range in Phoenix.

The deceased agent has been identified as 47-year-old Patrick Bauer. Agent Bauer was participating in a training exercise at the Federal Correctional Institution in north Phoenix, near Pioneer Road and Interstate 17. The training was described as "routine," according to the FBI.

Exact circumstances surrounding the tragic accident have still not been released at the time of this writing. ...

[Smokin Joe]

Well yeah, of course, but what about an oopsie?

Keep your booger hooks off the make it go bang thingy until you are ready to shoot.

[MajorClay]

I have no problem with this so long as they kill each other.

Ha!
Its a good start!