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Omaha Steve

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Tue May 26, 2015, 08:56 PM May 2015

FBI agent wounded while searching for 9-year-old girl

Source: AP

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities say an FBI agent was wounded and a suspect was killed when gunfire broke out at a Louisiana motel where a kidnapped 9-year-old girl from Texas was found safe.

The agent, whose name was not released, was hit in the leg. The FBI said his wound was not life-threatening.

Police in Benbrook, Texas, the victim's home city, said the suspect, 24-year-old Jessie Nicholas Williams, was killed.

The FBI would not confirm the death.

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Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/596dd8559c784410bbf680a47746a7be/fbi-agent-wounded-while-searching-9-year-old-girl

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FBI agent wounded while searching for 9-year-old girl (Original Post) Omaha Steve May 2015 OP
Found to be safe. lonestarnot May 2015 #1
Guns are freedomy. nt onehandle May 2015 #2
It was the use of guns that freed that 9yo girl from her kidnapper. GGJohn May 2015 #3
xactly. 840high May 2015 #4
LOL! onehandle May 2015 #5
Thank you for acknowledging that it was the use of guns that freed that poor girl. eom. GGJohn May 2015 #6
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