It’s hardly much of an excuse when you say I pumped a car full of bullets but didn’t realize an FBI agent was inside.
By Dan Horn
Cincinnati Enquirer
CINCINNATI — The men accused of firing two dozen shots at a car in College Hill last week didn’t know the man sitting inside was an FBI agent.
Authorities say the men mistook the agent’s black Impala for a car driven by a thief who had stolen money from one of them. As soon as they spotted the Impala, authorities say, two of the men opened fire with a handgun and an automatic rifle, riddling the car with bullets but missing the agent.
They didn’t find out they shot at the wrong guy until police arrested them hours later.
The news got worse when they learned their target was a federal agent, a detail that could add years to their potential prison sentences.
“It’s a miracle the agent wasn’t hit,” said FBI spokesman Mike Brooks.
