161: Jim Sweeney and Rich Macko – Broad Street Shootout

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

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

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🗓️ 11 April 2019

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Retired agents Jim Sweeney and Rich Macko review the March 16, 1994, Broad Street shootout where Rich Macko and another agent were shot and seriously injured, and a drug gang member killed after a violent confrontation that occurred while the agents were attempting a car stop. The surviving gang members had to be tried twice for the attempted assassination of federal officers.

FBI Director Louie Freeh visited the agents directly after the shootout and, for their actions, later awarded them the FBI’s highest award for bravery, the “Medal of Valor.”

At the time, Jim was the supervisor and Rich a member of the Philadelphia Division’s Violent Traffickers Project, a task force of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies established in 1988 to investigate violent drug dealers and drug-related murders. Also known as Squad 2, the federally funded unit was responsible for the dismantling of more than 50 gangs that had been selling drugs in the Philadelphia area.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 161 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.
0:11.6	I'm a retired agent on a mission to show the public who the
0:14.8	FBI is and what the FBI does through my books, my blog, and my podcast case
0:21.2	reviews with former colleagues. Today we get to speak with retired
0:26.5	agents Henry James Sweeney, also known as Jim and Richard Macco. In this episode, Jim and Rich review the March 16, 1994 Broad Street
0:41.5	Shootout, where Rich Matko and another agent were shot and seriously
0:46.8	injured and a drug gang member killed after a violent confrontation that
0:52.0	occurred while the agents were attempting a car stop.
0:56.0	The surviving gang members had to be tried twice for the attempt assassination of federal officers.
1:03.6	FBI Director Louis Freee visited with Rich and Jim and the other agents
1:08.8	directly after the shootout and for their actions that day later awarded them the FBI's highest
1:16.3	award for bravery the Medal of Valor at the time Jim Sweeney was the
1:22.2	supervisor and Rich was a member of the Philadelphia Division's
1:26.5	Violent Traffickers Project, a task force of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies established in 1988 to investigate
1:37.2	violent drug dealers and drug-related murders.
1:40.7	Also known as Squad 2, this federally funded unit was responsible for the dismantling of more
1:48.1	than 50 gangs selling drugs in the Philadelphia area.
1:52.9	Jim Sweeney served in the FBI for more than 39 years,
1:57.0	six as a support employee and 33 as an agent.
2:00.8	He was the supervisor for Squad 2 for 21 years.
2:05.0	Jim actually established the Squad back in 1986 when the FBI was first given the federal mandate to investigate drugs along with DEA.
2:16.2	Currently, Jim is working as an investigator for the City of Philadelphia's Office of Inspector
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