IRS agent dies after being shot during Phoenix training exercise
Victim was retired Arizona Air National Guard master sergeant
The FBI is investigating the death of an IRS special agent who was shot Thursday during a training exercise in Phoenix and later died.
The agent was shot on a Federal Bureau of Prisons firing range, which is used by other law enforcement agencies for training purposes as part of an interagency agreement, according to authorities.
A spokesperson for the IRS Phoenix field office said special agent Patrick Bauer, 47, was fatally wounded Aug. 17 at the firing range in north Phoenix.
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IRS agent dies after being shot during Phoenix training exercise
Victim was retired Arizona Air National Guard master sergeant
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The FBI is investigating the death of an IRS special agent who was shot Thursday during a training exercise in Phoenix and later died.
The agent was shot on a Federal Bureau of Prisons firing range, which is used by other law enforcement agencies for training purposes as part of an interagency agreement, according to authorities.
A spokesperson for the IRS Phoenix field office said special agent Patrick Bauer, 47, was fatally wounded Aug. 17 at the firing range in north Phoenix.
Bauer was a retired master sergeant in the Arizona Air National Guard. He leaves behind a wife and four children.
No other injuries were reported.
Officials with the FBI’s Phoenix field office said they will oversee the shooting investigation. The results will be turned over to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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