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Memo from Acting Chairman, SiRg to Mr. Sharp RE: Administrative Inquiry Shooting Incident Miami Division, 4/ii/86 apparently fired five rounds of oo buckshot in this manner, repeating this reloading procedure each time. The rounds. successfully punctured the car in the left front fender, the driver's side door window, and the windshield. (sA Mireles' shot patterns were later found in the interior of the car.) SA Mireles then rose to his feet, drew his service revolver,. advanced on SA Grogan's vehicle,'firing and inflicting fatal wounds on both subjects with his Bureau-issued S&w .357 caliber. revolver. 79 Several Special Agents, including SA OL9 fire. arrived nopa.. Tunded Agents to hospital facilities. expired following their initial woumdl. A crimm Saarch by' Metro-Dade Homicide Detectives and Agents of tha Fer *boratory established that 131 identifiable rounds were fired from various weapons (cartridges. recovered). It is probable that other rounds were fired and all. cartridge cases were not found and retriaved. The best available estimate is that a minimum of 13l and as many as 140-145 total rounds were exchanged. Ballistics identifications definitely establish that 40 rounds were fired by Platt from the Ruger .223 semiautomatic Mini-l4. Two and possibly three rounds of 12-gauge #6 shot were discharged by Matix from his s&w model 3oco shotgun. Both Matix and Platt were also armed with .357 magnum revolvers-- one a Dan Wesson manufacture, the other a S&w. Three rounds were fired from each of these revolvers without apparently striking any of the Special Agents. All of the severe.damage done to Agent personnel was apparently inflicted by the .233 caliber suffered superficial wounds from 12-gauge #6 shotgun pellets and. SA Orrantia suffered superficial wounds believed to have been inflicted by shrapnel from a .357 round entering the passenger's compartment of his vehicle. Ballistics examinations have determined that Agents fired the following rounds: Special Agent Shots Fired Weapon SA Risner 6* Bureau-issued s&w model 459 9mm semi-automatic pistol SA Grogan Bureau-issued s&w model.459 9wm semi-automatic pistol