A California Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was shot to death in Los Angeles County Wednesday and his 14-year-old was arrested on suspicion of murder, the LA Times reported.

The Times reported that the agent was killed by a single bullet that was fired into their Carson, Calif., home from the father’s ICE-issued handgun.

The name of the agent and son were not disclosed. The agent was around 40.

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By Allan Lengel

A DEA agent got a little more than she bargained for when she went to the firing range in Los Angeles County.

The agent was shot and wounded in the hip after her gun accidentally discharged during a firearms training exercise on Sept. 28 at the DEA-authorized weapons range at the Pitchess Detention Center in Saugus, Calif., according to a DEA statement on Thursday, which came in response to an inquiry by ticklethewire.com.

The name of the agent, who is the daughter of a former DEA official, was not released.

The DEA said the agent’s pistol accidentally discharged while in the holster during a rescue training drill. She was treated at a local hospital for a non-life threatening injury.

The DEA said the incident is currently under internal review.

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By Allan Lengel

An off-duty FBI agent shot and wounded a 27-year-old man in Honululu on Sunday around 1 p.m., the Honolulu Advertiser reported. The man was out on bail after posing as a cop on a college campus.

The paper reported that Martin Boegel, 27, of Makiki, was brandishing a gun outside his car. Two people flagged down a 31-year-old man who happened to be the FBI agent.

The agent told Boegel to put down his gun, the paper reporter. He refused and started walking toward the agent who shot him, the paper said.

The FBI is investigating the matter.

By Allan Lengel

WASHINGTON — A veteran DEA agent was shot multiple times and wounded in Afghanistan on Sunday while on a mission, according to people familiar with the incident.

The veteran agent, who was a team leader of the DEA FAST Team (Foreign-deployed Advisory and Support Team) was shot and wounded in Marjeh, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, according to people familiar with the situation. For security reasons, his name is not being published at this point.

He was shot in the hand and thigh and has been taken to Germany for medical care. His condition could not be immediately determined.

The DEA on Monday declined comment.

In October, three DEA agents Forrest N. Leamon, Chad L. Michael and Michael E. Weston, were killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.

Agents Leamon and Michael were members of DEA’s FAST Team. Weston had been assigned to DEA’s Kabul Country Office.

By Allan Lengel

The FBI has joined local and state police in the hunt for whoever is responsible for a drive-by shooting that wounded an Anchorage police officer on Saturday, the Anchorage Daily News reported.

The officer, Jason Allen, 47, was shot five times and remained hospitalized, the paper wrote.

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FBI Agent Shot A Chihuahua Just Like This One/istock photo

The Texas FBI agent who shot and killed his neighbor’s 3 pound Chihuahua named “Sassy” with a pellet rifle in the Waco, Tex. area in 2008, is no longer with the FBI.

Erik Vasys, an FBI spokesman in San Antonio, on Tuesday confirmed that agent Leslie Ledger, 41, was “no longer an employee of the FBI.”  He declined to discuss the circumstances behind Ledger’s departure several weeks ago. Ledger had been under internal investigation for the shooting, and had been  expected to face some type of discipline, in all likelihood ranging from a suspension to a firing.

“Personnel actions are matters between the FBI and the employee themselves,” Vasys said in a statement. “As such, the Federal Privacy Act prohibits any further comment by the FBI on these matters.”

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