Senior Special Agent Shaun Edmond Curl of the DEA was killed on December 12, 1997, in Miramar, Florida. He had ten years of service with the agency. Curl was driving a fellow agent home after a Police Benevolent Association gathering when that agent, who was intoxicated, awoke during the trip and shot Curl five times — three to the head and two to the chest — while they were on U.S. 27 in an unmarked DEA vehicle. The shooting was immediately fatal.

The agent who fired the shots was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and later received a 15-year prison sentence. Curl is remembered by colleagues, family and friends for his dedication and service.