267: John Kuchta – 1994 DC Metro Police Headquarters Ambush

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

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

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🗓️ 27 July 2022

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Retired agent John Kuchta reviews the November 22, 1994, ambush at the DC Metro Police Headquarters where a gunman killed Special Agents Martha Dixon and Michael Miller, and MPD Sgt. Henry “Hank” Daly. John survived multiple gunshot wounds to his heart, liver, kidney, lung, arm, and leg. For his actions, he was awarded the FBI Medal of Valor and U.S. Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Heroism in recognition of exceptional acts of heroism involving the voluntary risk of personal safety and life performed in the line of duty in the face of a criminal encounter. He was also awarded the FBI Star in recognition of serious injury and split second decision made under fire. Retired agent John Kuchta served in the FBI for 27 years.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 267 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.
0:12.8	I'm a retired agent on a mission to show you who the FBI is and what the FBI does through
0:20.0	my books, my blog and my podcast case reviews with former colleagues.
0:25.3	Today we get to speak to retired agent John Kufte, who served in the FBI for 27 years.
0:33.9	In this episode, he reviews the 1994 ambush at the DC Metro Police Headquarters where a gunman
0:42.7	killed special agents, Martha Dixon and Michael Miller and DC Metropolitan Police Sergeant
0:49.2	Henry Hank Daley.
0:51.5	During this shooting, John survived multiple gunshot wounds to his heart, liver, kidney,
0:58.0	lung, arm and leg.
1:00.4	For his actions on that tragic day on November 22, 1994, he was awarded the FBI Medal of
1:08.9	Valor and the U.S. Attorney General's Award for exceptional heroism and recognition of
1:15.5	his actions involving the voluntary risk of personal safety and life performed in the
1:22.1	line of duty and the face of a criminal encounter.
1:25.7	He was also awarded the FBI star and recognition of serious injury and split second decision
1:33.2	made under fire.
1:35.2	During John Kufte's career, he investigated violent crimes, drugs, gangs, crimes against
1:41.5	children, white-collar crime, corruption and national security matters.
1:47.0	While he was recovering from his injuries, he served as a federal prosecutor in Washington
1:52.9	DC.
1:53.9	He later was transferred to the Tampa Division with assignments to Regional Command East
1:59.6	in Afghanistan and as the criminal assistant, Legal Atteshe, Alat and London England for
2:06.3	four years.
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