118: Ed Mireles - Fatal FBI Miami Shootout (Part 1)

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

True Crime, Interviews, Fiction, History, Fbi, Government, Truecrime

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🗓️ 31 May 2018

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

In this part one of a two-part episode, retired agent Ed Mireles reviews the April 11, 1986, fatal FBI Miami shootout where, during the pursuit of two extremely dangerous criminals, two special agents were killed, and several others, including Ed Mireles, were wounded. Although severely injured, Ed Mireles fired his shotgun one handed to prevent the suspects from escaping, then charged the suspects, fatally wounding both. His heroic actions prevented further injury to his fellow agents and innocent citizens.

Ed has received numerous awards and commendations honoring him for his heroism and bravery that day. After retiring from the Bureau, Ed Mireles, a former Marine, worked as a defense contractor in Iraq as a law enforcement professional and adviser to the Iraqi Police, including one year embedded (in uniform) with the Marines. He also worked with the U.S. Department of State in helping to train police in Mexico and Belize. He is the author of FBI Miami Firefight: Five Minutes that Changed the Bureau, his story of survival and the fight to save the lives of his brother agents on that fateful day.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 118 of FBI Retired Case Spa Review with Jerry Williams.
0:12.0	I'm a retired agent writing crime fiction inspired by
0:15.1	true crime FBI cases. Today we get to speak to Ed Morales who served in the FBI for 25 years. During his career he worked as a
0:27.3	street agent, supervisor, and manager in a wide range of investigations and administrative areas, as well as an undercover
0:36.8	agent in hundreds of high-level high-risk narcotics, criminal, and national security investigations.
0:45.0	In this episode, he reviews the April 11th, 1986 fatal FBI Miami Shootout where during the pursuit of two extremely dangerous criminals,
1:00.8	two special agents, Ben Grogan and Jerry Dove were killed.
1:07.0	And several others, including Edmarellis, were wounded.
1:12.2	Although severely injured, Ed Morellis fired his shotgun one-handed to prevent
1:19.9	the subjects from escaping, then charged the subjects fatally wounding both. His heroic actions prevented
1:29.4	further injury to his fellow agents and innocent citizens.
1:34.8	He has received numerous awards and commendations honoring him for his heroism and bravery
1:42.0	that day.
1:43.3	After retiring from the Bureau,
1:46.1	Ed Morellis, a former Marine,
1:49.3	served as a defense contractor in Iraq as a law enforcement professional and advisor to the
1:55.8	Iraqi police including one year in bedded in uniform with the Marines. He also worked with the U.S. Department of State and helping to
2:06.6	train police in Mexico and Belize. Ed Morellis is the author of FBI Miami Fire Fight, Five Minutes that changed the Bureau.
2:18.7	His story of survival and the his website Ed Morales.com.
2:35.0	As you can imagine, this was an extremely emotional interview.
2:41.4	Not just because of the subject matter, but because I knew Jerry Dove.
2:48.0	I remember that day in the squad area when someone walked by to say that there had been a shootout in
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