1986 FBI Miami shootout
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On April 11, 1986, a shootout occurred between field agents for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and two armed men in what is now Pinecrest, Miami-Dade County, Florida. The two men, former U.S. Arm
Police crime scene photograph of the shootout's aftermath, showing suspect and agents' vehicles, a dropped shotgun, and battle debris.
Relative positions of FBI agents' and suspects' vehicles after a traffic stop at 12201 Southwest 82nd Avenue, Pinecrest, Dade County, Florida. Illustration is not to scale.
Edmundo Mireles Jr. earned the FBI Medal of Valor for killing both suspects while badly injured
Jerry Dove (left) and Benjamin Grogan (right), the two FBI agents killed in the shootout
Smith & Wesson 459
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The Smith & Wesson 459 is a 9mm double/single action pistol with locked breech short recoil action. It is an updated version of the Model 59 with adjustable sights and checkered nylon grips. The gun w
1986 FBI Miami shootout
…Ronald Risner (22-year veteran). Of the agents involved, two had Remington 870 shotguns in their vehicles (McNeill and Mireles), three were armed with Smith & Wesson Model 459 9mm semi-automatic pistols (Dove, Grogan, and Risner), and the rest were armed with Smith & Wesson revolvers; two had .357 Magnums and five had .38…
A S&W 459 in the museum at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen, MD