IRS Agent Fatally Shoots Fellow Agent At Phoenix Weapons Training Center Following Agency's Mass Armament

Reports released Friday have confirmed that an Internal Revenue Service Agent was fatally shot during a firearms training exercise in Phoenix, Arizona. The shooting occurred Thursday evening at the firing range of the Phoenix Federal Prison, a facility utilized for interagency training of regional agencies during a "routine training" according to the FBI.

The Hill reported that the details of the incident were unavailable as of Friday evening. The FBI issued a statement via its Phoenix office saying, 

“To preserve the integrity and capabilities of the investigation, details of the ongoing process will not be released. Findings of the FBI investigation will be turned over to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona for review.”

“The FBI’s investigation will be methodical and thorough to address every element of the incident,” the agency stated.

RAWSALERTS reported Thursday that an "Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agent lost their life due to an inadvertent shooting by another agent. The incident occurred during a routine training exercise at the Federal Correctional Institution. Authorities said the agent was immediately taken to the hospital to be treated for the injury. The agent passed away shortly after arriving at the hospital."

Friday evening, the IRS identified the agent killed as Special Agent Patrick Bauer, 47, according to ABC News.

No other injuries were reported and the identity of the agent who fired the fatal shot has not been released. The outlet reported that Charlotte M. Dennis, a spokesperson for the IRS Phoenix field office stated Bauer was a retired Master Sergeant of the Arizona Air National Guard and left behind a wife and four children. He was transported to HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center after the incident and died shortly after arriving.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) which holds jurisdiction over the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Phoenix said it is actively looking into the “shooting incident,” according to Breaking911 but the FBOP is unable to provide additional specifics but added that the range was in use by multiple federal agencies at the time the shooting occurred.

As reported by The Western Journal in August 2022 a little over a year before the shooting, the IRS has been heavily weaponized under the Biden administration with Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) expressing alarm at the time and asking why the agency needs over $700k worth of ammunition.

In an appearance on Fox News he said, “Call me old-fashioned, but I thought the heaviest artillery an IRS agent would need would be a calculator. I imagine the IRS in green eyeshades and cubicles — not busting doors down and emptying Glock clips on our fellow Americans. Certainly, it’s troubling that in 2022 alone, the IRS has spent around $725,000 on ammunition. So here’s the Biden plan: Disarm Americans, open the border, empty the prisons — but rest assured, they’ll still collect your taxes, and they need $725,000 worth of ammunition, apparently, to get the job done.”

It would appear that tragically, the training being conducted following this massive armament campaign—with 3,282 pistols, 621 shotguns, 539 rifles, 15 fully automatic firearms, and 4 revolvers per OpenTheBooks.com reports, roughly as a much fully loaded infantry battalion as noted in The Western Journal— has already cost an agent's life.

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