(Ken Silva, Headline USA) In February, Jacqueline Maguire, the FBI’s special agent in charge of its Philadelphia office, shot and killed a dog while she was off-duty on a busy downtown street.
Not only did law enforcement decline to press charges against Maguire; the FBI apparently decided to promote her, according to FBI whistleblower Kyle Seraphin, who announced the promotion Thursday on Twitter.
“The FBI has named @FBIPhiladelphia Special Agent in Charge JACQUELINE MAGUIRE the Assistant Director of the Training Division,” said Seraphin, who has continued to release information about FBI malfeasance, even after being suspended last year after refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine.
“Jackie shot a dog on a city street in violation of the @TheJusticeDept #DeadlyForce policy. Now, she will head the division that teaches it.”
The FBI didn’t immediately respond to a Headline USA inquiry seeking to confirm Maguire’s promotion.
Maguire shot the dog, a pit bull, with her service weapon on Feb. 21.
Jane Roh, a spokesperson for the District Attorney’s Office, reportedly told the Inquirer that surveillance footage of the shooting showed that Maguire was sitting on a bench near The Touraine apartment complex with her dog, when the pit bull, a 7-year-old named Mia, “rushed forward” and pulled Maguire’s dog off of her lap.
Maguire responded by pulling out her weapon and firing at the dog.
Mia and her owner, Maria Esser, were reportedly taken to an emergency medical facility, where the pit bull later died, according to Philly Voice.
“There is no justice,” Esser told CBS. “My dog has been taken from me. Something that should’ve been preventable. Something that should’ve never happened.”
The shooting sparked scrutiny and criticism over Maguire’s use of force against the pit bull, who was described by the FBI as an “aggressive dog.”
Regardless of whether the pit bull was attacking Maguire’s dog, Seraphin noted that the FBI agent had no right to draw and fire her service weapon.
“There is no provision to defend your dog with the weapon you are issued by the FBI and you are required to use it in accordance the DOJ’s policies on Deadly Force,” he said.
Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at twitter.com/jd_cashless.
