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Miami Herald
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Charles Rabin and David Ovalle

Federal agent killed at gun range was shot by fellow agent in role-play scenario, sources say

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MIAMI — The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent killed at a West Miami-Dade gun range on Wednesday was accidentally shot by a fellow agent, Miami-Dade police said on Thursday.

Multiple law enforcement sources told the Miami Herald that it happened during a role-playing scenario in which one of them was trying to subdue a bad guy. The sources said the agent who shot Arias had accidentally replaced his training pistol with his handgun, which carried live ammunition. How that happened wasn’t immediately clear.

The Miami Herald identified the agent killed as Jorge Arias, 40, a nine-year veteran firearms instructor with the federal agency. He was shot at least once in the chest in a part of the gun range sectioned off for law enforcement. CBP typically practices there on Wednesdays.

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