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.

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

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