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DEA agent killed in Arizona Amtrak shooting was noted leader

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PHOENIX (AP) — A Drug Enforcement Administration special agent who was shot and killed by an Amtrak train passenger in Arizona was a revered leader whose career spanned almost two

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  1. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    DEA agent, gunman killed in Amtrak train shooting in Arizona (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    A Drug Enforcement Administration special agent was killed Monday when a passenger, who also died, opened fire as officers were doing a routine inspection for illegal contraband on an Amtrak train in Tucson, Arizona, authorities said. A second agent and a Tucson police officer were wounded.

  2. New York Times

    D.E.A. Agent Is Killed in Shooting at Arizona Amtrak Station (opens New York Times)

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    A second agent and a Tucson police officer were wounded in the chaotic shooting, a City Council member said. Amtrak said 137 passengers and 11 crew members were safely evacuated from a train.

  3. WMUR

    Authorities: DEA agent fatally shot on Amtrak train in Arizona (opens WMUR)

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    A second agent and a Tucson police officer were wounded.

  4. KVIA El Paso

    DEA agent killed, 2 other law enforcement wounded in Arizona Amtrak train shooting (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    TUCSON, Arizona -- A DEA agent was killed and another agent along with a Tucson police officer were seriously injured after someone opened fire Monday aboard an Amtrak train in Tucson, ABC affiliate KGUN reported. The shooting happened Monday just after 8 a.m.

  5. KRDO

    1 DEA agent killed, 2 officers injured in Amtrak train shooting in Tucson (opens KRDO)

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    By Josh Campbell, Gregory Wallace and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A US Drug Enforcement Administration special agent was killed in a shooting on an Amtrak train in Arizona on Monday morning and two other DEA officers were wounded, police said.

  6. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Sources identify DEA agent killed in Arizona Amtrak shooting (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    PHOENIX (AP) — A Drug Enforcement Administration special agent who was shot and killed by an Amtrak train passenger in Arizona was identified Tuesday.

  7. Opelika-Auburn News

    DEA agent killed in Arizona Amtrak shooting was noted leader (opens Opelika-Auburn News)

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    PHOENIX (AP) — A Drug Enforcement Administration special agent who was shot and killed by an Amtrak train passenger in Arizona was a revered leader whose career spanned almost two

  8. CBS News

    DEA agent killed in shooting on Amtrak train in Arizona (opens CBS News)

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    Officials said that it all started with a confrontation on the train between two DEA agents and a suspect.

  9. Arizona Daily Independent

    FBI Investigating Amtrak Shooting Which Killed DEA Agent (opens Arizona Daily Independent)

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    Monday morning’s fatal shooting of a DEA special agent and an Amtrak passenger is being investigated by the FBI, as law enforcement officers mourn the death of a colleague who was part of a team engaged in what Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus called a “routine interdiction check” of the train while…

  10. NBC News

    DEA agent killed, 2 law enforcement officers injured in shooting on Amtrak train in Tucson (opens NBC News)

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    Members of a regional narcotics “alliance" in Arizona were conducting a routine check on the stationary train when a man opened fire.

  11. Tucson

    DEA agent killed in gunfight on a train stopped in Tucson identified (opens Tucson)

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    A second Drug Enforcement Administration agent and a Tucson police officer were wounded in the gunfight. One suspect was killed and another man has been arrested.

  12. NPR

    A DEA agent is killed in a shooting aboard an Amtrak train in Arizona (opens NPR)

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    A passenger, who also died, opened fire as officers did a routine inspection for contraband, authorities said. A second Drug Enforcement Administration agent and a Tucson police officer were wounded.

  13. Tucson

    Photos: Gunfight on train in Tucson leaves DEA agent, suspect dead (opens Tucson)

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    A DEA agent was killed, another was wounded along with a Tucson police officer in a gunfight Monday morning aboard an Amtrak train that stopped in Tucson, officials say. Meanwhile,

  14. The Hill

    DEA agent killed in shooting at Arizona Amtrak station, suspected gunman dead (opens The Hill)

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    A shooting at an Amtrak station in Tucson, Ariz., on Monday morning left one Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent dead and multiple law enforcement officers injured.

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