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FBI Miami Shooting 4 11 86 — Part 2
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- Meese visits FBI agents,
_ bac acks shoot-out actions .
Failiom IA
Hospital, where special agent Ed
Mireles is being treated for a
Bering aren infory, Twietore an
rar are ae
Mireles’ condition from _
graded
serious to falr Sunday, and FBI
agents who know him cald Mireles
was feeling better.
“Later in the day, doctors up-
graded the condid one af |
and McNeill. They were described
az belng in good condition and
-were moved from the critical unit
upstairs, where they will share a
large private room.
Siuircies, BMcNell and Heaion
were among five FBI agents
wounded in the shoot-out. Special
agents Benjamin P. Grogan and
Gerald Dove were killed. So were
the bank robbery suspects, _wil-
Dam Matix ang Michael Lee Piatt.
It-weat-dire worst shooting in the
history of the FELL FBI.
The tragedy drew hundreds of
family members, friends and
well-wishers to a viewing and
feeary for Grogan Sunday, PRI
estnan. Paul Milter sald more
viewings at Bennett & Sons funer-
al home, 15201 NW Seventh Ave.
aod that Gov. Bob Graham had
spent 25 mil minutes wuteh Grogen ‘e
‘widow, Sandra.
As rain began to fall Sunday
evening, a mile-long motorcade
traveled slowly from the funeral
home t2 e@ rosary service at
Pt ole dT mee Pa eh wt a
DCE ee TTY oe Chur See, SEs
North Dade where Grogan had
worshipped. Escorted by dozens of
Metro officers and Florida High-
way Patrot troopers, about 50
private. cars followed two Hmo-
nes carrying Grogan's immediate
family members and a hearse
people ‘came to two’
bearing ‘the agent's sety@—
Grogan's funeral will be today
at I pm. and Miller said FBI
Director William Webster would
Bdeese, in respons’ to reporters”
Questions about procedures the
opens used.in attempting to arrest
thx and Platt, sald, “It's hust too
bad that these two e were
auch vistors biflars thee @ ey were
able to kil! t two very good agents.”
“Thit was simply a surveillance
situation, and the “severity of the
aituation was not aomething that
could be anticipated,” Meese said.
He said an FE] insnectloan teani
me gee BG rie TUG teen,
-which arrived in Miami! during the
weekend, -would review the
agésts” procedures and al] the
rcumstances surrounding the
aboéoting, He Predicted that the
Inspecuen would Tag thet the
agents acted properly and with
OEe Ay. foe ct
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