Loved ones and colleagues gathered on Saturday to pay tribute to one of the FBI agents killed by a suspected child pornographer in Florida.
Laura Schwartzenberger, 43, was shot dead in the morning raid on Tuesday when the suspect led law enforcement into a trap when they served a warrant in his Sunrise home. A second agent, Daniel Alfin, was also killed and three other agents wounded.
The suspect, David Lee Huber, 55, then took his own life, police said.
Schwartzenberger, of Pueblo, Colo., Has been with the agency since 2005. She has been working on crimes against children for more than seven years. She leaves behind a husband and two children.
Hundreds attended the memorial service at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, with several speakers and a pipe-and-drum corps.
Christopher Wray, director of the FBI, calls her a ‘true American hero’.
He said Schwartzenberger is committed to her family. A member of the agency’s diving team, while working in New Mexico, she became the first female member of the SWAT team in Albuquerque, reports CBS 12 Miami.
Friends remembered good times from camping trips to the garden in the comments during the emotional service.
“She tackled everything at full speed and never slowed down, even when she was over the finish line,” said her friend Brenda Chavez. ‘Laura, you have blessed the life of every person you have touched. We will never forget you. ”
Schwartzenberger and Alfin’s names will be added to the Wall of Honor at FBI headquarters in Washington.