The Nation - News from Feb. 11, 1986
A federal judge in Phoenix sentenced a man to 10 years in prison for assaulting an FBI agent in a scuffle that led to the slaying of the first woman FBI agent to be killed in the line of duty. Kenneth Don Barrett, 27, of Nevada, fought with FBI agent Lowell Bruce Atkins, who was trying to serve a warrant for his arrest, and a gun was fired. Other agents rushed to lend assistance and FBI agent Robin Ahrens, 33, was killed by gunfire from other officers, FBI officials said.
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