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| 2023-08-19 |
| PHOENIX (KPHO/Gray News) - An agent with the IRS is dead after being accidentally shot by another agent during a training exercise Thursday at a federal gun range, according to officials. On Friday, IRS officials identified the victim as 47-year-old Patrick Bauer, a longtime Arizona resident. Arizona’s Family reports a spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed that an incident occurred at its gun range in the Phoenix area. The gun range was reportedly being utilized by multiple federal agencies at the time of the shooting through an interagency agreement. A spokesperson said no Federal Bureau of Prisons employees were injured. Charlotte M. Dennis with the Phoenix Field Office of the IRS Criminal Investigation Division confirmed the incident involving a special agent. Officials say Bauer was taken to HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center, where he died. "Our concern today is for the agent and their family," she said in the written statement. Bauer is survived by his wife and four kids. He was also a retired Master Sergeant in the Arizona Air National Guard. "Our concern today is for the agent and their family," she shared in a statement. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 Adrian Project hire is where I'll put my chip. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-08-19 18:06 |
| #8 How about we put all 87,000 of them in a stadium with armored cameras. They may have whatever arms they wish with as much ammo as they can carry. Last one alive gets to keep their job? All money raised will go to paying legal services for IRS whistleblowers. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2023-08-19 15:09 |
| #7 So they are training to both grapple and possibly shoot Hunter Biden unless his pre-trial immunity deal included future evasion charges? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-08-19 12:05 |
| #6 Wasn't there a recent article posted about an IRS range day where people were walking in front of firing line weapons ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-08-19 10:24 |
| #5 The guy had family and all that, but I am finding it quite difficult to exhibit any empathy let alone sympathy. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2023-08-19 10:19 |
| #4 Alec Baldwin Gun Safety School...? |
| Posted by: magpie 2023-08-19 10:10 |
| #3 Practicing H2H disarming techniques, with a loaded gun? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-08-19 05:51 |
| #2 And a bunch of office wallahs like the IRS need the range time because…? |
| Posted by: Ululating Platypus 2023-08-19 05:21 |
| #1 .....afterbeing accidentally shot by another agent I believe the term now in the Army is "Negligent Discharge." |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-08-19 02:08 |