(Fox News) – At least one FBI agent is dead and several others injured in a shooting while trying to serve a search warrant at a home in Sunrise, Florida early Tuesday morning in a child pornography case, according to reports.
One federal law enforcement source told the Miami Herald that at least five agents were shot and two were “gravely wounded” in the incident that occurred at around 6 a.m. in the Fort Lauderdale suburb. The FBI could not immediately confirm to Fox News the number of agents injured or any other details about the scene.
Here’s a look at the multi-agency scene in Sunrise. Nobb Hill Road shut down at NW 44th Street.
Sunrise PD confirms FBI agent shot while serving a warrant this morning. Spokesperson with the FBI told me there are injuries, but didn’t say how everyone’s doing. @CBSMiami pic.twitter.com/0DJWCS68Tp
— Brooke Shafer (@BrookeShaferTV) February 2, 2021
The Sunrise Police Department said that residents in neighborhoods along Nob Hill Rd, between NW 44th St and W Oakland Park Blvd. were asked to remain in their homes, and were unable to leave their communities due to the traffic shutdown on Nob Hill Road.
Multiple law enforcement agencies descended on the scene where the suspect was reportedly barricaded in their home. Officers from the Sunrise Police Department, Miramar SWAT team, Davies Police Department, and Fort Lauderdale Police Department were all on site. READ MORE
