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IRS Agent Killed During Training At Phoenix Shooting Range

In this Wednesday, March 25, 2015, photo, Internal Revenue Service Special Agent In Charge Jonathan Larsen, holds a Smith & Wesson .38 Special during an interview in Mountainside, N.J. The gun belonged to IRS investigator Michael Malone, the man who went undercover to infiltrate Al Capone’s gang in the 1930s and eventually brought down the feared mobster. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
  • A tragic incident unfolded on Thursday during a training exercise at a federal shooting range in Phoenix, resulting in the accidental death of an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) special agent. The agent was inadvertently shot by another IRS agent, according to officials’ confirmation.
  • The incident took place at a gun range operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, which was being utilized at the time by multiple federal agencies through an interagency agreement.
  • No employees from the Federal Bureau of Prisons sustained injuries in the occurrence, as stated by a spokesperson.
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