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Nov 19, 2008 4:05 pm US/Eastern

FBI Agent Shot In Indiana Twp., Suspect In Custody

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― The FBI has confirmed the identity of an agent who was killed this morning in the line of duty.

Special Agent Samuel Hicks, 33, of Alverton, Pa., was assigned to the Pittsburgh FBI Office.
  
Hicks was shot and killed today while executing a federal search warrant associated with a drug distribution ring.

One suspect, Robert Korbe, 39, is in now custody and an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the shooting is being conducted.

Hicks joined the FBI in March 2007 and reported to the Pittsburgh Office in August 2007.

He was a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown and Southmoreland High School.

Special Agent Hicks is a former police officer with the Baltimore Police Department and also worked as a teacher.

He is survived by his wife, Brooke, and three-year-old son.

"This is a real tragedy with the loss of such a talented agent who made the ultimate sacrifice for his country when putting on a badge and accepting the responsibility for protecting our nation," said Special Agent in Charge Michael A. Rodriguez. "The FBI family mourns alongside Agent Hicks' family. We ask that the media and the public respect the family's privacy during this very difficult time."

While Hicks is the first FBI agent to be killed in this area, he is not the first agent from Western Pennsylvania to be killed in the line of duty.

On November 22nd, 1994 Special Agent Martha Dixon Martinez was shot and killed during a shootout with a gunman at the Metro police station in Washington, D.C.

She was a native of Mt. Lebanon and a graduate of Pitt.

The gunman also killed another agent and a police sergeant before committing suicide.

Stay with KDKA for more details.


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