More details about the shooting (from the Baltimore Sun)...
The agent who shot Joseph Charles Schultz (20 year old Eagle Scout) is Special Agent Christopher Braga, 35, a "former U.S. Marine Corps captain and decorated Persian Gulf war veteran who has worked for the past four years on a highly trained FBI SWAT team...In the military, [Braga] was a firearms instructor and was a rifle platoon commander during Operation Desert Storm in the early 1990s." He's someone who should have known better than anyone else who to shoot and who not to.
The bank robber the FBI (F'ed-up Beyond Idiocy) agents were looking for was also thought to be riding around in a red vehicle, wearing a white cap and with a woman, just like Schultz was. The problem was, the FBI's informant couldn't contact them with more accurate information because his cell phone died. So while the informant was looking for a payphone, Braga was busy shooting this kid in the face at point-blank range with an
M-14 Assult Rifle, a standard military-issue weapon.
Braga had ordered both Schultz and his girlfriend to put their hands in the air. After both followed that instruction, he then ordered Schultz out of the vehicle and when Schultz attempted to comply (either by reaching to unfasten his seatbelt or by reaching for the door to let himself out - stories differ about which was the case), Braga shot him. The bullet entered Schultz's right cheek, shattering his right cheek and jaw. The bullet is still lodged in the left side of his face even now.
Also noteworthy are the facts that the FBI agents were in plain clothes, driving an unmarked car. When Schultz and his 16 year old girlfriend left a 7-11 after buying Slurpees, they got into her car (she was driving) and were pulled over moments later. Top FBI agent for the area, Special Agent Lynne A. Hunt, made a public apology, stating that a full investigation would be made (but conveniently not promising anything would be done about it). Agent Braga is currently on voluntary paid leave of absence. The other three agents involved in the traffic stop are still working at their usual assignments.