By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
An ATF agent has been arrested after authorities said he brutally beat a father at a high school football game and then waved his gun at the crowd when they tried to intervene, KHOU.com reports.
ATF Special Agent Marc Delpit now faces charges of aggravated assault after the incident at St. Thomas High School in Houston.
The father of one of the football players, Delpit allegedly approached another football player’s father and began to fight.
“ATF takes these allegations very seriously,” said Senior Special Agent Nicole Strong with the Houston Field Office of the Bureau of Alcohol Firearms and Explosives.
“Pending the outcome of the investigation, the agent in question has been placed on administrative leave with pay and has been relieved of his firearms, badge and credentials,” Special Agent Strong said.
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