U.S. Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of Investigation

April 5, 2007

DEATH OF FBI SPECIAL AGENT BARRY LEE BUSH

Newark, NJ. – Special Agent Barry Lee Bush, assigned to the Newark FBI Office, was shot and killed today while working a criminal investigation into a series of armed bank robberies. One subject is still being sought and an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the shooting is being conducted. Preliminarily, information suggests the agent may have been fatally wounded as a result of the accidental discharge of another agent’s weapon during a dynamic arrest situation. As in any case where agents are involved in a shooting, a team of investigators from the FBI’s Inspection Division is dispatched to the scene to conduct a comprehensive review. The Inspection Division and the Newark Office of the FBI will be coordinating their efforts with state and local authorities in New Jersey. The investigation is continuing.

Special Agent Bush, 52, joined the FBI in August 1987, serving in Kansas City and then transferring to Newark in 1991. He is survived by his wife, son, and daughter.

Special Agent Bush and his team were in pursuit of heavily armed serial bank robbers who are believed to be responsible for four bank robberies. In two of those robberies, the suspects, armed with assault weapons, fired rounds while inside the bank.

- Statement by Acting Special Agent in Charge Pedro Ruiz

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