An armed man who tried to breach the FBI's Cincinnati office has been shot dead. 9News
An armed man who tried to breach the FBI’s Cincinnati office was shot and killed by police after he fled the scene, leading to an hourlong standoff, the Ohio Highway State Patrol said.
The shooting took place shortly after 3pm . The man, wearing body armour, fled the FBI office, drove onto Interstate-71, then left the highway and abandoned his car on a nearby country road.The confrontation came as officials warned of an increase in threats against federal agents in the days following a search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
After fleeing onto Interstate 71, he was spotted by a trooper and fired shots as the trooper pursued him, said Lt. Nathan Dennis, a Ohio State Highway Patrol spokesperson. Federal officials have also been tracking an array of other concerning chatter on Gab and other platforms threatening violence against federal agents.
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