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, Tucson police say, one suspect was killed and another is in custody. It occurred during a drug operation involving the Counter Narcotics Interdiction squad, a multi-agency group that often conducts routine drug sweeps on trains and other transportation facilities.
Photos: Gunfight on train in Tucson leaves DEA agent, suspect dead
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A Federal Bureau of Investigations agent boards an Amtrak train after a shooting aboard the train in downtown Tucson on Oct. 4th, 2021.
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A Tucson Police Department officer walks with his weapon near the scene of a shootout between two suspects, two DEA agents and a TPD officer in downtown Tucson, Ariz. on October 4, 2021.
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The Tucson Police Department SWAT team gathers near the scene of a shooting aboard an Amtrak train in downtown Tucson, Ariz. on October 4, 2021. The train was traveling from Los Angeles to New Orleans and had made a stop in Tucson Monday morning.
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A Tucson Police Department SWAT truck is parked near the last two cars of an Amtrak train that was the scene of a shootout in downtown Tucson, Ariz. on October 4, 2021.
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A Federal Bureau of Investigation agent talks with a Tucson Police Department officer in response to a shooting at the Historic Tucson Train Depot in downtown Tucson, Ariz. on Oct. 4th, 2021.
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City of Tucson Mayor Regina Romero, left, comforts Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Cheri Oz, after Oz announced the death of a DEA agent during a press conference in Tucson, Ariz. on October 4, 2021. On Monday morning Two DEA agents and a Tucson Police Department officer were involved in a shooting with two suspects on board an Amtrak train that had made a stop at the Historic Tucson Train Depot. One agent was killed and the other one was injured. A Tucson Police Department officer was injured but is in stable condition. Tucson police say, one suspect was killed and another is in custody.
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Chief of Tucson Police Department Chris Magnus speaks about a shooting that took place onboard an Amtrak train at the Historic Tucson Train Depot in downtown Tucson, Ariz. that left one Drug Enforcement Administration agent dead and another one injured on October 4, 2021. A Tucson Police Department officer was injured but is in stable condition. Tucson police say, one suspect was killed and another is in custody.
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Tucson Police Department officers and other local law enforcement stand ready to escort the body of a fallen DEA agent to the Pima County Medical Examiner's office following a shooting aboard an Amtrak train Monday morning in downtown Tucson, Ariz. on Oct. 4th, 2021.
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A motorcade escorts the Pima County Medical Examiner's Office vehicle east on Ajo Way towards Banner - University Medical Center South in Tucson, Ariz. on October 4, 2021. A Drug Enforcement Administration agent was killed Monday morning in a shootout aboard an Amtrak train at the Historic Tucson Train Depot.
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