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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A deputy with the Philadelphia Sheriff's Office has been arrested and charged with trafficking and selling guns, according to the United States Attorney's office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Samir Ahmad, 29, of Philadelphia, was taken into custody on October 19 by federal agents.
Court documents say two of the firearms Ahmad sold on October 13 were traced by law enforcement as being used in a deadly ambush shooting after a football scrimmage at Roxborough High School two weeks earlier.
The September 27 shooting killed 14-year-old Nicolas Elizalde of Havertown, Pa. and left four other teenagers wounded.
Officials said Ahmad was employed with the Philadelphia Sheriff's Office beginning in February 2018. He was terminated on October 19 and is in custody.
According to court documents, the charges stem from a meeting when authorities say Ahmad sold two semi-automatic pistols and ammunition to a confidential informant with the FBI in Philadelphia.