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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\u2019s highest award for bravery the \u201cMedal of Valor.\u201d

At the time, Jim was the supervisor and Rich a member of\xa0 the Philadelphia Division\u2019s\xa0 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. \xa0

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