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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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Nand * ag; beards they had made,” se weld, on tinwed fi irem Page yy IENDS REMEMBER Swrr—n"t ik parE thine growing up, Dove wrote song iprics and planned to some. _ 42y peblish them, Mra. Dove said, Bat wasn't one of his strong points _ “od rom West Virginis University aw Law Officers Honor ° he Kept the tunes rolling areund in Sehool, then worked in the attorney general's office until be was accepted into the PRI Academy bs 198%. He accepted his FEI commission in Pittaburgh and worked fhere and in Charieston and Hantingtan before mov- ig San Megs, then to Miami, g-time friend Larry Hatcher said Dove was goal oriented. And before he gel the PB] as his gos), he had already decided to meet. a more challenging te. “He wanted ta make @ difference in life, to do something important before foe died." Larry said. “He knew that long before he thought about the FRE “Jerry hed a réal strong sense of whal was right aod whal sac wrong Be believed in making whatever sacri- fices be bad to to do the right thing.” And although Dove knew the risks of Seeing an FRI agoat. be Giin't talk Muck shout them, Hatcher exid. "] gover had any fear that he would be Ellled? he gaid “I think that’s. in part becawe be downplayed that side of ff te me” Deve. who was more conservative than bis counterparts growing up in the "6G and ‘70s, was nonetheless popolar among his peers, Hatcher said. “His idea of & good Ume was to get together af a pizza place and just talk Hatcher said. “He sas sways foncerned about our personal lives, whe we were dating Asd he gave Jots aft advice, whether we wanted it oe a Hig memory was asiounding and his gease of humor was one of bis best draits, Bis friends said. After seeitg a movie once, Dove could recite lines aod jokes from it and do inipressions . eb the actors. list Easteroog_ movies * Sereartong bis favorites. “TH never forget, one evening we had made plans to go to the drive-in movies io get a double feature of Clint Eastwood,” Hatcher aaid. “T wag ialk- lag to my girilfiend’s parents and Jer- % ty drives ap wearing a poncho © Gressed ap as Wise Mee and went doar ’ do-doos throngh the mow Ip their ball vobes, barefooted and wearlag Slain Federal Agent - MIAMI {AP} ~ Hundreds of law " ficers, their badges banded in black! filled a small church as the FRI eulog ised ane of its own slain ip the hweay’s bloadiest day, FB) Director William Webster, wbo fiew by helicopter to visit two bospi- tals where wounded. agents are recav- ‘oie Gade eB FA abi ene fee he memetreeomas ere Mor aE, FELIEM GAME. & aun URE SE REE funeral of Benjamia J. Grogan, 54. Webster, who met privately with, Grogan’s widow after the Roman Cath- alic service, vowed 28 Intensive inves- Ligation af the tea Ruspects, Wilkem Sater, Mand Michal Piet, “We Rave not. yet jolene them to anyone else.” Webster said, "Before, we're through, wé going to know every: thing abost them from the time they were bars to the time they died" The two men opened fire with bigh- powered automatic rifles, killing two agents and wounding the others during a traific surveillance assignment. It was ihe most FBI casualties in ope: in- cident ja the bureau's 78 pears. Local authorities have tentatively Unked the suspects to eight armed rod- beries in the past year, plis three rob beries and shootings at an isolated rack quarry i wesiern Dade Cownty ire. quented by target-shooting enthusiasts. * Avthorivies haves't nuled out the pos- sibility that more people were involved! ving. Sn all head instead of aff his te “Maybe he sang them to hinggelf, but , Bot out loud,” dure. Dove said, Dove loved to Gavel and once spent #0 days with friends traveling more than 11,000 miles across the Usiled States and Canada, Mrs. Dove said. ‘Australia was to be bis pert destina- Gon, said his friend and neighbor Rent Legg, with whom he drove crose-coun- ivy on another occasion. And he often spoke o! irying to get an FBI transfer >: Alaska, where he could spend more | time outdoors camping, hiking and playing sports. Mrs. Dove said her son was athletic, tie sever a star. He worked summers mia Meguard en6 cok! often be found * gpeading bis free time playing foothell, basketball, hiking or boging. “He loved to box ahd ! was the only Hatcher gaid. “He'd heal me te just short of the point I would want to quit. And be'd let me get in 2 few punches #0 T would feel better. “He would never BR me to the point be would knock me out and 7 cduhd rest. He'd just tag me." But even more often, his toughest competition was himself, Lagg said. “gerry would pick -@ hill and say, ‘when Tim in good enough shape, Pm Boing je ras uD that Rn ’ han ke wowd mam and be woold train and be would beai thet hill,” Legg seid. The physical aspects of law enforee- thent were part of its appeal io Deve, his friends apd family ssid. A tough day al 8.W.A.T. training was exhilarat> ing. “He'd call mne-up and say ] had mich & great day. We did drilie J can? be lieve they pay people to do this” asia, Hatcber said, “He was -very prod af the fact that be was 4 and in the dest physics! condition of bis life" Bove found the Segal system free trating af times beceuse be sa FF a
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