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FBI Miami Shooting 4 11 86 — Part 3

79 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Apr 12, 1986 · Broad topic: General · Topic: FBI Miami Shooting 4 11 86 · 79 pages OCR'd
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Siew This account was drawn from ay the shoot-out identified the ry and M re athe were dressed in information provided gunman with tha : almost identical clothing. Also, eonfidentially by FBI agents semi-automatic Ruger Mini-14 one investigator, whe arrived who arrived on ihe scent ofthe assault rifie as Witiam Matin. on the scene shortly after the shooting, other agents familiar == Ballistics, serology and other shooting. removed the = with the events and physical tests, which may gunmen’s weapons from the Metro-Dade homiciie confirm that identification, ara scar where thay were shot and detectives investigating the eit unfinished. taid therm on. the ground. Thet tragedy. . Conceivably, the tests could = made It difficull to positively A tape-recording of the indicate thal Michael Platt used idantify the respective weapons agents’ conversations before the Mini-14 assault rifle. For the by location. and during the shoot-out was curposes of this reconstruction, —-‘ This, and the fact some obtained from anindependent ‘The Hersld is relying on the prajpctilies ware never source by The Miami Heraid. identilications made by FI recovered, may prevent There ig stil a question not agents in the shoot, and investigators from ever making totally resolved: Which of ihe Giher eyewitnesses. @ full and complete iwe FBI kBlers used whith The Weriifications remain ky = pec onstruction. 1 WEAPON. ; doubt hetsuse events | __Felagents who participated = happened so quickly and Piat! OE NN eR MEDAN IER RRS nee
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