FBI agent hospitalized after being shot in shoulder in Brooklyn, 2 arrested

Sunday, December 9, 2018
CANARSIE, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Two people are under arrest after an FBI agent was shot in the shoulder in Brooklyn, police say.

The agent was sitting in a car, a Maxima, near Canarsie Road, conducting surveillance on an unrelated case just before 3:30 Saturday afternoon, when suspects in another car drove by and started shooting at his car.
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The agent then drove down the block to Avenue N, and exited his vehicle and returned fire. The agent's backup was in a separate vehicle, out of eyesight.

Just down the block there was a second scene with shattered glass covering the street. The suspect's bullet-ridden BMW was at a body shop on Remsen Avenue.

Sources say the suspects dumped their vehicle and then drove a different car to Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center. One suspect, who was shot in the hand, walked into the hospital - the other suspect drove him there.

Police say the FBI agent who was shot in the shoulder is expected to be okay.
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Charges are pending against the gunman. The driver will be hit with motor vehicle violations.



Investigators still do not know what the motive of the shooting was.

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