????#BREAKING: IRS Agent Fatally Shoots and kills another Agent At Phoenix Shooting gun Range
Right now Law enforcements and emergency crews are on the scene after a Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agent lost their life due to an inadvertent shooting by… pic.twitter.com/jaa7ofwSSN
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The Federal Bureau of Prisons has a training facility outside Phoenix. Yesterday, during an unspecified training exercise, an IRS agent shot and killed another agent. IRS Criminal Investigations Division agents carry firearms and were among other agencies training at the federally-owned facility yesterday.
The IRS released the following statement
We are aware of an incident involving one of our special agents that occurred during a routine training exercise at the Federal Correctional Institution, Phoenix firing range. The agent was immediately taken to HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center to be treated for the injury. The agent passed away shortly after arriving at the hospital. The incident is under investigation.
Our concern today is for the agent and their family.
In addition to the Bureau of Prison, the FBI has been called in to try to figure out what the hell happened.
The FBI’s Phoenix field office is conducting an investigation surrounding the death of an IRS special agent today that occurred at the Federal Correctional Institution, Phoenix firing range.
While the firing range is on Bureau of Prisons grounds, an interagency agreement allows for other law enforcement agencies to use the facility for training purposes. Today, the IRS was at the range for routine training.
To preserve the integrity and capabilities of the investigation, details of the ongoing process will not be released. Findings of the FBI investigation will be turned over to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona for review.
The FBI’s investigation will be methodical and thorough to address every element of the incident.
Don’t look for much transparency if they determine that the shooting reflects badly on either the range or the IRS. It isn’t clear if the agents involved are month the 87,000 new hires by the Biden administration under the wonderfully-named “Inflation Reduction Act.”
