IRS
IRS Agent Fatally Shot Accidentally During Training at Phoenix Gun Range
The shooting occurred Thursday morning at a federal prison’s gun range during routine interagency exercises.
Aug. 18, 2023
By David Matthews, New York Daily News (TNS)
An IRS agent was accidentally shot and killed by a colleague Thursday while training at a gun range in Phoenix.
The shooting occurred Thursday morning at a federal prison’s gun range during routine interagency exercises, a Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesperson told a local CBS affiliate, adding that the site was open to several agencies.
The agent died after being taken to HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center, according to Charlotte Dennis of the IRS’s Phoenix Field Office.
“Our concern today is for the agent and their family,” she said in a statement.
The name of the slain agent was not immediately released. No other injuries were reported.
The circumstances surrounding the shooting remain under investigation, according to ABC 15.
FBI officials said its Phoenix field office would head the investigation and turn over their findings to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona.
With News Wire Services
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