DEA Agent Killed On Tucson Amtrak Train Is Identified

The DEA agent who was killed on Monday on an Amtrak train in Tucson, Arizona, while on duty was identified by federal officials as Michael Garbo.

Garbo was shot dead when a passenger, who also died, opened fire as officers were doing a routine inspection for illegal guns, money and drugs on the train headed to New Orleans from Los Angeles. A second federal agent. A Tucson police officer were wounded.

Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus said one person was arrested at the scene, while another who barricaded himself inside the bathroom of the double-decker train was shot dead.

A criminal complaint identified the suspected who was arrested as Devonte Okeith Mathis. The injured federal agent was taken to hospital in a police car. Is being treated at Banner University Medical Center.

Another officer with the Tucson Police Department was shot, but is expected to survive.

Dozens of officers on motorcycles and in police vehicles, lights flashing, escorted the body of DEA Special Agent Michael Garbo killed Monday morning on an Amtrak train in Tucson, Arizona

Solemn members of local emergency services saluted the police convoy escorting the fallen DEA agent to the medical examiner's office

Tucson Police officers and other law enforcement officers stand at attention as the body of a Drug Enforcement Administration special agent is removed from an Amtrak train and loaded into a van from the Pima County Medical Examiner following a shooting

The shooting happened after 8am after the train, traveling from Los Angeles to New Orleans, pulled into the station in Tucson. Pictured are two officers embracing near the scene of the shooting

DEA Administrator Anne Milgram on Tuesday formally identified the slain agent as DEA Group Supervisor Michael G. Garbo.

'Group Supervisor Garbo joined DEA in 2005 and served honorably for more than 16 years as a Special Agent and Group Supervisor combatting criminal drug traffickers from the Nogales corridor to Kabul, Afghanistan,' Milgram's statement read. 'Group Supervisor Garbo’s operational expertise, mentorship, and leadership were legendary in the Tucson community.

'With unparalleled talent and courage, he carried out duties ranging from tactical instruction to serving as a member of the Phoenix Field Division Special Response Team. Across DEA, Group Supervisor Garbo was universally loved and respected for his leadership, and for his unrelenting passion to protect the safety of the American people.'

Milgram added that Garbo is survived by a wife and children.

Steve Antle, who described himself as a former colleague of Garbo's, revealed in a Facebook post that the DEA agent previously served as a police officer with the Metro Nashville Police Department.

'Mike Garbo was a good friend, a very nice guy, and an excellent police officer,' Antle wrote. His career was on a fast track. He was an exceptional Agent. His loss is not only one for the MNPD and DEA family, but for our Nation...He died protecting us from the flow of illegal drugs coming into the US. In my book, he is a hero.'

According to another friend and former colleague, Melvin Brown, Garbo was a SWAT team member in 1998 when he helped neutralize an armed bank robber during a gun battle, earning him a medal.

The other DEA agent and the Task Force police officer, who both suffered multiple gunshot wounds, were listed in stable condition on Tuesday.

According to a criminal complaint obtained by KOLD, the incident began unfolding when a plainclothes task force officer found suspect Devonte Mathis to be in possession of a backpack containing two packages of bulk marijuana.

During a confrontation over the contraband, an alleged accomplice of Mathis, identified in the document by the initials D.T., opened fire on the officers, killing Garbo and injuring two others, the complaint stated.

D.T. was shot and killed after allegedly opening fire on backup officers.

Mathis was arrested by police on the scene. A search warrant for several bags associated with the suspect turned up nearly 2.40 kilograms of raw marijuana, 50 packages of marijuana edibles, and other cannabis products.

The plainclothes officer, who wore a bullet proof vest, was seen in video footage fleeing from the train with his leashed police dog as a man in the doorway of a passenger car appeared to open fire.

The shooting happened at around 8am on Monday after the train, traveling from Los Angeles to New Orleans, pulled into the station in Tucson.

There were 137 passengers and 11 crew members on board, with all passengers and crew now evacuated to the station. There are no reported injuries to the crew or passengers, Amtrak spokesman Jason Abrams told KGUN9.

Tucson Mayor Regina Romero released a statement Monday, calling the shooting ‘an absolutely shocking act of violence.’

As of 9.30 this evening, the station was still roped off and police were still investigating, according to ABC 15

At least one person was taken into custody after a shooting at a Tucson, Arizona Amtrak station

A witness told KOLD News 13 that the shooting happened after two men approached another man aboard the train, saying they wanted to talk. Shots were fired after they got off the train

A witness told KOLD News 13 that the shooting happened after two men aboard the train approached another passenger, claiming they wanted to talk.

Bullets began flying after the trio disembarked from the train, the witness said.

A woman whose parents were on the train said all passengers except the shooter were safe.

An FBI spokesperson told the DailyMail.com Monday afternoon that there was no greater threat to the public.

DEA Administer Anne Milgram said Monday that the surviving agent was in critical condition.

'We at the DEA are heartbroken by today’s events and ask that you keep the families of the agents and task force officer in your thoughts and prayers,' she said in a press release.

Webcams at the Tucson Historic Station captured police activity following the shooting

Passenger Evan Courtney shared images and video of police's response to the gunfire

Passenger Evan Courtney said he was relaxing in the lounge cabin when chaos erupted.

'People came running through yelling "shots fired,"' he told DailyMail.com. 'I grabbed my backpack and ran.'

He gathered with other passengers in the hallway of a car, watching the scene unfold through the windows.

'I saw SWAT with assault rifles huddled behind barricades,' Courtney said. 'After about 15 minutes, police ran to us and told us to get out of the car and run in the opposite direction, out of harm's way.'

Another train passenger said he he heard shots fired, and an officer yelling at the gunman to surrender.

Then he heard someone screaming in pain from a nearby stairwell, he told local media.

'I was caught in the cross fire,' George Gonzales told Tucson.com. 'It's like the OK Corral gang when I woke up in the morning.'