US EditionWidow of former Little Rock airport executive Bryan Malinowski sues ATF over deadly 2024 raid shooting
- Maria Malinowski filed a federal lawsuit on May 15, 2025, against the ATF and 10 agents over the March 19, 2024, fatal raid at their Little Rock home.
- The lawsuit alleges the ATF used reckless tactics during a pre-dawn search warrant related to accusations that Bryan Malinowski bought and sold over 150 guns without a license.
- ATF agents entered forcibly within 28 seconds of knocking, did not properly announce their presence, and Malinowski, believing intruders were breaking in, fired on them, wounding one agent.
- Malinowski was shot in the head by returned fire and died two days later; his attorneys argue the shooting was a needless result of unconstitutional conduct and included claims of excessive force and unlawful detention.
- The lawsuit seeks compensatory damages and accountability for constitutional violations, highlighting that ATF agents lacked body cameras and that Malinowski posed no known danger prior to the raid.
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(Getty Images)The widow of the Little Rock airport director killed in a law enforcement raid last year filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Thursday. Attorneys for Maria “Maer” Malinowski, including former U.S. attorney and Little Rock lawyer Bud Cummins, filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas on her behalf and as the personal representative of h…
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Widow of Little Rock airport director killed in raid sues ATF over husband's death
The widow of an Arkansas airport director who was killed during a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives raid on his home has sued the agency and several officers.
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