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Both U.S. senators from Arkansas are pushing for answers from nan Justice Department astir a national rule enforcement hunt warrant execution past period that ended pinch an airdrome executive changeable dead.
Sens. Tom Cotton and John Boozman are seeking answers successful nan decease of Bryan Malinowski, nan executive head of nan Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport successful Little Rock.
Malinowski was changeable connected March 19 erstwhile agents pinch nan Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) attempted to service a hunt warrant astatine his home. Malinowski, 53, was wounded during a gunfire speech pinch agents and died days later, nan ATF said.
1 DEAD, 9 INJURED IN ARKANSAS BLOCK PARTY SHOOTING
Bryan Malinowski, nan erstwhile executive head astatine nan Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport, was changeable and killed erstwhile national agents were serving a hunt warrant astatine his Little Rock, Arkansas home. ( Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport)
"The Department of Justice confirmed to america past nighttime that nan ATF agents progressive successful nan execution of a hunt warrant of nan location of Bryan Malinowski weren’t wearing assemblage cameras," Cotton and Boozman said successful a associated statement. "We will proceed to property nan Department to explicate really this usurpation of its ain argumentation could’ve happened and to disclose nan afloat circumstances of this tragedy."
"Mr. Malinowski’s family and nan nationalist person a correct to a afloat accounting of nan facts," nan Republican lawmakers added.
Bud Cummins, nan lawyer for nan Malinowski family, noted that nan ATF adopted a argumentation successful 2022 that requires nan usage of assemblage cameras during nan execution of hunt warrants.
"This argumentation provides parameters for nan usage of BWCs [body-worn cameras] by TFOs [task unit officers] to nan grade that a authorities aliases section rule enforcement agency requires their usage by its officers during national task unit operations," states a Department of Justice memo dated June 2, 2022.
Cummins said nan argumentation was created successful consequence to nan shooting of Breonna Taylor, nan Louisville, Kentucky EMT worker who was killed arsenic officers attempted to execute a hunt warrant.
"It is astounding for ATF to now declare they simply ignored this clear policy. It evidently raises much questions than it answers," Cummins told Fox News Digital.
Bill Walker, Chairman of nan Little Rock Municipal Airport Commission, Bryan Malinowski, Executive Director of nan Clinton National Airport, Patrick Schueck, Vice Chairman of nan Commission, and Comissioner Harold Betton, laughter during a Feb. 27 meeting. (Stephen Swofford/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)
As agents were attempting to service nan warrant successful nan early greeting hours, Malinowski allegedly opened fire. An supplier was changeable and sustained non-life-threatening injuries. Malinowski was changeable successful nan caput by returning gunfire and died 2 days later.
He was nether investigation for allegedly trading firearms without a license, immoderate of which were utilized successful crimes, authorities said. Between May 2021 and Feb. 27, 2024, Malinowski allegedly purchased much than 150 guns, which he past allegedly resold.
Images taken by an undercover ATF supplier of Bryan Malinowski trading firearms astatine a weapon show successful Arkansas (Justice Department)
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Malinowski purchased nan firearms legally and allegedly checked a container connected acquisition forms that indicated nan firearms were for him. However, he allegedly resold nan weapons astatine weapon shows wherever he acted arsenic a vendor.
"At worst, Bryan Malinowski, a weapon proprietor and weapon enthusiast, stood accused of making backstage firearm income to a personification who whitethorn not person been legally entitled to acquisition nan guns," Malinowski's family said days aft he died.
Fox News Digital has reached retired to nan ATF and Justice Department.
