Posted on 02/23/2023 10:17:36 AM PST by DogByte6RER
The head of Philadelphia's FBI field office is facing an investigation after she shot and killed a pit bull outside a Center City apartment building Monday evening.
The shooting of a pit bull by an off-duty FBI agent on a busy Center City street this week has sparked an uproar on social media and protests by animal rights activists outside the FBI’s offices on Arch Street.
Here’s what we know about the incident, the agent involved, and what happens next:
What do we know about the incident? Philadelphia police and the FBI have confirmed that an off-duty FBI agent shot “an aggressive dog” outside the Touraine apartment tower on the 1500 block of Spruce Street on Monday. But so far, they haven’t named the agent involved, citing FBI protocol that governs the bureau’s response whenever an agent is involved in a shooting.
Two sources familiar with the investigation identified the shooter as Jacqueline Maguire, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Philadelphia Field Office. The dog’s owner, Maria Esser, said her 7-year-old pit bull, Mia, died within moments of being shot.
Who is Jacqueline Maguire? Maguire has led the bureau’s Philadelphia office since the fall of 2021 when she was appointed by FBI Director Christopher Wray.
Her career in law enforcement began after she graduated from Villanova University in 1996 with a degree in comprehensive science. In an interview with The Inquirer last year, she said she’d initially considered going to medical school.
But during an internship with the Suffolk County (N.Y.) Medical Examiner’s Office, she came into contact with FBI agents investigating the crash of TWA Flight 800 in 1996.
“It piqued my interest that that might be the right next step,” she said.
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Great point!
SAC Jacqueline Maguire should be a candidate for the Lon Horiuchi Federal Marksmanship Award …
https://videosift.com/video/Marksmanship-Fundementals-from-Lon-Horiuchi?loadcomm=1
Works for my friend because he lives in a constitutional carry state. I'm guessing the woke leadership of the USPS and other delivery companies would never allow their employees to carry.
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