Hero of 1986 FBI shootout on how incident reshaped law enforcement
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A shootout with an armed suspect that left two FBI agents dead and two more hospitalized during a child pornography investigation in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on the morning of Feb. 2, 2021, is drawing parallels to another deadly gunfight in the Sunshine State from 35 years ago.
Former FBI Special Agent Ed Mireles, who was shot twice in the encounter before neutralizing gunmen Michael Lee Platt and William Russell Matix, recounted his experience last week and explained how it led to reforms for both federal and local law enforcement agencies. They fought to their last breath, OK, they fought, like wild, trapped animals. Finally somebody started saying, ‘How do you quantify stopping power? How do you quantify knockdown power?’ I'm old fashioned, and old habits are hard to break, but I'm not set on the .45. If the 9 mm round or some other round comes up that's as good or better, I'm all for it. I'm all for officer safety. That's the bottom line. The time to argue is not when you're getting the ticket, it's afterwards when things, are off the street, into a courtroom. The following interview has been edited for brevity and clarity.More Related News