375: John Kuchta – 1994 DC Metro Police Headquarters Ambush (Replay)

FBI Case File Review

Jerri Williams

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

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🗓️ 6 November 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

In this encore episode of FBI Case File Review, John reviews the November 22, 1994, ambush at the DC Metro Police Headquarters where a gunman killed SAs Martha Dixon and Michael Miller, and MPD Sgt. Henry "Hank" Daly and John survived multiple gunshot wounds to the heart, liver, kidney, lung, arm and leg.

For his actions that day, 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 decisions made under fire. John Kuchta served in the FBI for 27 years. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles: https://jerriwilliams.com/375-john-kuchta-1994-dc-metro-police-headquarters-ambush-replay/.

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0:00.0	I'm up on my feet. I'm firing at him. He's firing at me. And we're like feet apart. And I'm getting hit. I'm getting hit in the upper chest. I could feel it. Initially, the bullets were burning, but it wasn't like they hurt. It was the acrid, pungent smell of, I guess, gunpowder, like you're at the range. At that moment, the
0:22.0	bullets hit my femur, my upper leg. That was when I felt excruciating pain.
0:29.9	Welcome to episode 375 of FBI Case File Review with Jerry Williams. I'm a retired agent on a mission to show you who
0:42.6	the FBI is and what the FBI does through my books, my blog, and my podcast case reviews were
0:49.1	former colleagues. This episode is a replay of my original conversation with retired agent John Kufta back in July of 2022.
1:00.0	I'm posting it again because on November 13, 2025, John will be honored as this year's FBI agents' associations G-Man honors salute to FBI heroes,
1:15.1	honorary. Congratulations to John. This annual event benefits the FBI agents association's
1:22.5	Memorial College Fund and the FBIAA membership assistance fund.
1:29.3	To donate, there's a link in the show notes and in your podcast app's description of this episode.
1:36.2	Today, we get to speak to retired agent John Kufta, who served in the FBI for 27 years.
1:44.8	In this episode, he reviews the 1994 ambush at the D.C. Metro Police headquarters
1:52.6	where a gunman killed special agents Martha Dixon and Michael Miller and D.C. Metropolitan Police
1:59.6	Sergeant Henry Hank D. During this shooting,
2:03.6	John survived multiple gunshot wounds to his heart, liver, kidney, lung, arm, and leg. For his actions,
2:12.2	on that tragic day on November 22nd, 1994, he was awarded the FBI Medal of Valor and the U.S. Attorney General's
2:22.3	Award for exceptional heroism in recognition of his actions involving the voluntary risk of personal
2:30.6	safety and life performed in the line of duty in the face of a criminal encounter.
2:36.7	He was also awarded the FBI star and recognition of serious injury and split second decision
2:44.0	made under fire. During John Koufda's career, he investigated violent crimes, drugs, gangs, crimes against children,
2:53.4	white-collar crime, corruption, and national security matters. While he was recovering from his
2:59.7	injuries, he served as a federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C. He later was transferred to the Tampa
3:06.5	Division with assignments to
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