ATF Kills Man During Bronx Grenade Sale Sting

[RescueKujo 130]

Got this from another board I belong to....

A deal with an undercover operative quickly turned deadly yesterday for a man

looking to sell a hand grenade in the Bronx. Federal agents and an NYPD

detective were monitoring a conversation being held in a car yesterday between

the grenade seller and operative. It was not expected the seller would have the

grenade on him at the time, so when he produced it, agents rushed the scene in

the interest of public safety. The undercover operative left the car and, when

the suspect attempted to drive off, a federal agent shot him fatally once in the

head.

According to the New York Post, the man told the undercover operative, who was

wearing a wire, that he would detonate the grenade if he determined he was being

set up. ""You better not be f------ with me or I'll pull the pin." That's when

the supposed customer left the car and agents approached. The fleeing suspect

dragged a federal agent about 20 feet down the street before he was killed.

Authorities haven't released the identity of the suspect, but the grenade deal

was apparently unrelated to terrorism.

A bomb squad robot recovered the hand grenade from the car and it was determined

it was not a military-style grenade and was actually inert. No law enforcement

agents were seriously injured during the incident, although two were transported

to a nearby hospital. Residents of the Mott Haven section of the Bronx were

confined to their homes for several hours and, since the incident occurred

around 6PM, commuters were re-routed on their way home from work.

In late October, a few makeshift hand grenades were lobbed at the Mexican

consulate on 39th St. near Madison Ave. in Manhattan.

[Ging599 13]

This happened last week.