Pittsburgh FBI agent killed

(CNN) -- An FBI special agent was shot and killed Wednesday as he and other officials tried to serve a warrant in connection with a "violent drug distribution ring," an FBI official said.

The agent, Samuel Hicks, was with other members of a multijurisdictional anti-drug task force that included agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration and other agencies in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, said Michael Rodriguez, the special agent in charge of the Pittsburgh office.

Hicks was married and had a 3-year-old son.

"This is the most tragic information you can relay to any spouse, child, parent or colleague," Rodriguez said during a news conference. "He served with honor and bravery and will be greatly missed by his colleagues here in Pittsburgh and throughout the FBI."

Rodriguez said Hicks, 33, had been with the FBI since March 2007. Previously, he had been an officer with the Baltimore Police Department and a teacher.

He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown in 1999.

The last FBI special agent killed in the line of duty was Barry Lee Bush, 52, who was accidentally shot by a fellow agent outside a bank April 5, 2007, in Readington, New Jersey, according to the FBI.

Rodriguez did not answer questions at the news conference.

A person at the home where the warrant was served, about 10 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, was taken into custody, Rodriguez said.

CNN affiliate WTAE-TV reported that Robert Korbe, owner of the house, was taken to Allegheny General Hospital. Police and staff members would not say why Korbe was at the hospital.

Shortly after noon, Korbe was taken from the hospital in handcuffs while wearing blue scrubs, WTAE reported.

Korbe was one of 35 people charged in a drug-trafficking indictment unsealed Wednesday, according to WTAE. The indictment accuses the defendants of conspiring to traffic cocaine and crack from October 2007 through September.

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