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.
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