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https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/fbi-agent-killed-in-sunrise-shooting-led-massive-dark-web-child-porn-investigation/2373066/

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George L. Piro, the FBI Special agent that responded to reporters.

7/2/2009:

The FBI declined CNN's request to interview special agent George L. Piro, the agent who interviewed Hussein. FBI spokesman Paul Bresson declined to comment on the declassified documents. "As a general rule, the FBI does not discuss FOIA'd documents. We let the information stand on its own," Bresson told CNN

7/29/2015:

Special Agent George L. Piro said in the news release that there was no evidence the man had links to Isis militants overseas but the alleged threats needed to be taken seriously.

11/6/2015:

Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida, Special Agent in Charge George L. Piro of the FBI’s Miami Field Office and Special Agent in Charge Shimon Richmond of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services-Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) Miami Regional Office made the announcement.

1/6/2017:

Piro also said that the shooter, identified as 26-year-old Esteban Santiago, had voluntarily walked inside an FBI office in Anchorage late last year, and “his erratic behavior” caused concerns, so the agents who interviewed him had Santiago taken by local police to get a mental health evaluation.

11/27/2018:

FBI Director Christopher Wray has named George Piro as special agent in charge of the Miami Field Office. Mr. Piro most recently served as assistant director of the International Operations Division at FBI Headquarters. From 2014 to 2017, he was special agent in charge of the Miami Field Office and is honored to be selected for this duty again.

1/26/2020:

Department, announced that Joseph Isaiah Woodson, Jr., 30, of Ashburn, Virginia, was sentenced yesterday to a total of 600 months in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Jose E. Martinez

“Joseph Isaiah Woodson, Jr. is a menace who preyed on the most vulnerable among us, children,” said George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, FBI Miami.

Brandon Michael Fleury, 22, of Santa Ana, California, was sentenced to 66 months in federal prison for cyberstalking and sending a kidnapping threat on social media, Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Miami Field Office announced Monday.

2/2/2021:

The FBI confirmed that the suspect is dead, with sources telling Local 10 News that he or she took their own life. That person’s identity has not yet been released. FBI Miami Special Agent in Charge George L. Piro said the name wouldn’t be released until the suspect’s family has been notified.