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The FBI is investigating the shooting…
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5)Â – 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.
A spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirms that an incident occurred Thursday 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.
Charlotte M. Dennis with the Phoenix Field Office of the IRS Criminal Investigation (CI) division replied to Arizonaâs Family on Thursday afternoon, confirming it was aware of an âincidentâ involving one of its special agents. Officials say Bauer was taken to HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center, where he died. âOur concern today is for the agent and their family,â 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…
