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IRS agent accidentally shot, killed by fellow agent during training at Phoenix gun range
Arizona's Family ^ | August 17, 2023 | Amy Cutler and Cody Lillich

Posted on 08/27/2023 9:06:03 AM PDT by Angelino97

A special agent with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is dead after being accidentally shot by another IRS agent during a training exercise Thursday at a federal gun range in Phoenix, officials confirmed.

On Friday, IRS officials identified the victim as 47-year-old Patrick Bauer, a longtime Arizona resident. He was a retired master sergeant with the Arizona Air National Guard and served with the 161st Air Refueling Wing Security Forces Squadron, the National Guard said in an email...

A spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirms that an incident occurred at their gun range, which multiple federal agencies were utilizing at the time through an interagency agreement. The spokesperson said no Federal Bureau of Prisons employees were injured in the incident...

Special agents with the FBI’s Phoenix field office are investigating the shooting. “The FBI’s investigation will be methodical and thorough to address every element of the incident,” an emailed statement said. Those findings will then be turned over to the U.S. Attorney’s Office (District of Arizona) for review.

The special agents involved in Thursday’s shooting were part of the IRS’s Criminal Investigations unit with the Phoenix Field Office.

Special agents with IRS-Criminal Investigations are the law enforcement branch of the IRS and are fully-sworn law enforcement officers who investigate violations of the Internal Revenue Code, including potential tax crimes, money laundering and some bank secrecy act violations.

According to the IRS, the Criminal Investigations Division is made up of 3,000 employees worldwide, with 2,100 of those being special agents.

(Excerpt) Read more at azfamily.com ...


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To: 6ppc

This IS the case from a few weeks ago! (Aug. 18th) and still no hint at the circumstances!!


21 posted on 08/27/2023 9:20:30 AM PDT by G Larry (It is RACIST to impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL Immigrants by importing Cheap ILLEGAL Labor!)
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To: Angelino97

wonder how often we’ll see incidents like this reported after brandon’s 87,000 new hires in the lRS gets their guns?

PS: will they be hiring illegal migrants to fill these new lRS positions?


22 posted on 08/27/2023 9:20:57 AM PDT by thinden (buckle up ....)
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To: Angelino97

Are these are part of the 87,000 that will be given guns and directed towards us and our $17.52 in undeclared earnings from our garage sales?


23 posted on 08/27/2023 9:21:03 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Angelino97

Yeah, sure.


24 posted on 08/27/2023 9:22:51 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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To: Angelino97

Hold my beer.


25 posted on 08/27/2023 9:25:55 AM PDT by George J. Jetso
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To: Dr. Thorne

Maybe a POC, female or trans AA hire. The best and brightest.


26 posted on 08/27/2023 9:25:57 AM PDT by wac3rd (Somewhere in Hell, Ted Kennedy snickers....)
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To: Angelino97

The real story is “IRS agents training with guns”


27 posted on 08/27/2023 9:28:19 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: 6ppc

It’s not too hard to not shoot a person. Rule #1 is to never point your gun at another person. You won’t shoot anyone if you never point your gun at them. Was this a female agent? I didn’t see the name of the shooter. I’m not saying women can’t shoot but some women shouldn’t be allowed within 10 feet of a gun. That goes for some men too.


28 posted on 08/27/2023 9:28:28 AM PDT by Rdct29 (The Democrats Are The New Nazi Party )
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To: Angelino97

I know I’m devastated. 😏


29 posted on 08/27/2023 9:28:53 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Angelino97

But seriously...


30 posted on 08/27/2023 9:31:00 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: 6ppc

This article is dated August 17, so maybe this is that. I didn’t find any articles related to this on FR.


31 posted on 08/27/2023 9:34:40 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: thinden
PS: will they be hiring illegal migrants to fill these new lRS positions?

Well, the DOJ is suing Space X for not hiring non-citizens and refugees. So I guess that yes, the IRS will be hiring illegals.

32 posted on 08/27/2023 9:36:46 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: Drew68
Why do they need guns? They can ruin your life with the click of a mouse.

It is not as fun as terrorizing and murdering law abiding citizens

33 posted on 08/27/2023 9:39:06 AM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: al baby

IRS is a rough crowd; they shoot to kill and now are after you Schedue E cheaters.


34 posted on 08/27/2023 9:39:49 AM PDT by chopperk ( )
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To: Angelino97

“One less (Door)Bell to answer!”


35 posted on 08/27/2023 9:40:32 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: NWFree

IRS agents need advanced safety, precision, real-world hands-on practice ...

With calculators and excel. Disarm the Tax Corps.!


36 posted on 08/27/2023 9:41:43 AM PDT by epluribus_2
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To: SpaceBar

Important point that!

Perhaps they are planning to tax away 1st amendment rights without banning guns and then enforcing the crapstorm with IRS bootjacks.


37 posted on 08/27/2023 9:45:02 AM PDT by epluribus_2
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To: NWFree
I don’t think you get promoted for that.

As opposed to murdering a 90 pound white woman named Ashli Babbitt. HE got promoted.

38 posted on 08/27/2023 9:47:39 AM PDT by BipolarBob (I haven't slept for ten days because that would be too long.)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

the libs are the ones that armed them and increased the agency by 89000 agents. No IRS agent needs a gun. They collect Taxes, not round up dangerous criminals.


39 posted on 08/27/2023 9:51:33 AM PDT by davidb56
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To: Tupelo

Yes, there was a human being with a soul who lost his or her life, and whomever loved that person are also victims of Biden’s tyranny. The ultimate blame lies with Biden. We should never forget that. It’s time we fight fire with fire.


40 posted on 08/27/2023 9:52:38 AM PDT by skr (Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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