ATF Agent Drowns in Marshall County

Information has now been released regarding the death last weekend of an ATF Agent in Marshall County. An agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives – 49 year old Hugh Anthony O’Conner – reportedly drowned Sunday on the Tennessee River.

Marine Patrol Troopers say the incident happened around 5:40pm near Painted Bluff, close to the Marshall/Madison county line.

They say O’Conner jumped into the water from a boat to help a woman retrieve items that had blown from their boat – and he failed to re-surface.

His body was recovered approximately 100 yards downstream.

(WAFF/www.waff.com)

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