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On January 8, 1969, FBI Special Agents Anthony Palmisano and Edwin R. Woodriffe were shot and killed in Washington, D.C. while attempting to apprehend escaped federal prisoner, Billie Austin Bryant. Woodriffe was the first African-American FBI agent killed in the line of duty.
Edmundo "Ed" Mireles, Jr. (born March 4, 1953) is a former special agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), known for his part in the 1986 FBI Miami shootout.He was awarded the Medal of Valor (FBI Medal of Valor), and elected the Police Officer of the Year.
Leonard William Hatton Jr. (August 17, 1956 – September 11, 2001) [1] was an American special agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He was killed in the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City when he entered one of the towers to help evacuate the occupants and stayed when the towers collapsed.
The main character from the TV series Twin Peaks, is FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper, and also, other FBI special agents make numerous cameos throughout the series, and its prequel movie, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. "Dick Barton - Special Agent" was the subject of radio programs in the 1940s and later TV and film productions.
An FBI analyst who failed a fitness test by one pushup claims in a federal lawsuit filed in Chicago last week that the test is biased against
Merta received the Medal of Valor for risking his life to protect his fellow agents. [3] Special Agent Edmundo Mireles Jr. earned the Medal by ending the Miami Shootout April 11, 1986. Despite being severely wounded by rifle fire, Mireles was able to engage the suspects, killing them. Mireles was the first one to receive the Medal of Valor in 1986.
Peltier, a member of the militant American Indian Movement in the 1970s, was part of a group of Native American men who engaged in a shootout with FBI Special Agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams ...
Melvin Horace Purvis II (October 24, 1903 – February 29, 1960) was an FBI agent instrumental in capturing bank robbers John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd in 1934. All of this would later overshadow his military career which saw him directly involved with General George Patton, Hermann Göring, and the Nuremberg Trials.