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FBI Miami Shooting 4 11 86 — Part 1

78 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Apr 11, 1986 · Broad topic: General · Topic: FBI Miami Shooting 4 11 86 · 75 pages OCR'd
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owe Met - xg 4 iitoa |. Federal Bureau of iavestigation Cop) to Dorr June 5, 1986 Fieid Off.ce File :: . “Boreas File -: 62-121996 TT Lag Cherocte: Synocs's On April 11, 1986, at Miami, Florida, SAs of the Miami Division attempted to apprehend two suspects responsible for a series of armed bank and armored car robberies. In the attempted apprehension, the subjects William R, Matix and Michael Lee Plart i a ee ho . ee eee OK dh A ee Cet opened fire on SAs. In the ensuing gunfight, SAs Benjamin P. Grogan and Jerry Dove were killed. SAs Edmundo Mireles, Jr., John F, Hanlon, Jr. and Supervisory Special Agent Gordon G. McNeill received serious wounds and SAs Gilbert M. Orrantia and Richard A. Manauzzi received minor wounds. The remaining Agent in the gunfight, SA Ronald G. Risner, was unharmed. Both a subjects were killed by fire of SAs. No civilians were hit ~ either by Agents' fire or by fire from the subjects. Some property damage was done to neighboring residences and vehicles. Best estimates are that approximately 145 shots were fired in this exchange of gunfire. he ES ee Since October, 1985, the Miami Division had been attempting to identify, locate and apprehend two unknown subjects responsible for a series of five bank and armored car robberies. During two of these robberies, the unknown subjects opened fire and wounded armored car personnel. The last in this series of robberies occurred on March 19, 1986, in Southwest Miami, Florida. All of the robberies had taken place in the same geographical area of Southwest Miami. Agents of the C-1 Squad {reactive squad) of the Miami Division had conducted surveillances on two separate occasions in this area in an attempt to locate and apprehend these robbers. . c i This document contains rather recom twadanions ner conclusions of the FBI. ft re the properts of the FBI and is loance t . voor egencis and its coments are nol to bc distributed? ouraidc vour agence. . rec
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