Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms: Handling of Suspect Lead in
Langley/CIA Headquarters Shooting Incident (Letter Report, 04/26/94,
GAO/OSI-94-11).

In January 1993, a gunman killed two persons and wounded three others at
an employee entrance to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
headquarters in Langley, Virginia.  A Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and
Firearms (BATF) employee investigating the incident collected firearm
sales records, including those of the suspected gunman, from a gun store
in Northern Virginia and handled them in accordance with BATF
regulations.  The store manager and gunsmith claim that the gunsmith
told the BATF agent that a composite sketch of the suspected gunman
looked like the individual who, a few days earlier, had bought an AK-47
assault rifle from the store. Although the evidence developed during
GAO's investigation tends to support the statements of the gunsmith and
the store manager, the BATF agent denies that the gunsmith identified
the composite. Further, although it was alleged that BATF's failure to
follow up on important information allowed the suspect to flee the
United States, GAO's investigation found that the suspect had left the
country the day before the BATF agent visited the gun store.

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 REPORTNUM:  OSI-94-11
     TITLE:  Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms: Handling of 
             Suspect Lead in Langley/CIA Headquarters Shooting
             Incident
      DATE:  04/26/94
   SUBJECT:  Firearms
             Investigations by federal agencies
             Information disclosure
             Murder
             Interagency relations
             Criminal procedure
             International travel
             Police
             Law enforcement personnel
             Sales
IDENTIFIER:  Langley (VA)
             
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