And armed man of 42 years who tried to enter this Thursday in the FBI offices in Cincinnati, north of USAwas shot down by police officers, who chased him to prevent him from fleeing.
The incident came amid widespread outrage in conservative circles over Monday’s FBI raid of former President Donald Trump’s mansion in Florida, though there is no indication the two events are related.
According to the FBI authorities, during the early hours of this Thursday an armed person wanted to pass the security checkpoint at its office in the city of Cincinnati, in the state of Ohio.
“After the activation of the alarm and the response of armed special agents of the FBI, the individual fled“, the FBI said in a statement.
An armed man tried to enter the FBI offices in Cincinnati and was killed after a pursuit. Photo Nick Graham/Dayton Daily News via AP.
The local press assures that the man, identified as Ricky Shiffer, was wearing a bulletproof vestshot with a nail gun and waved a AR-15 type rifle before fleeing in a car.
After fleeing onto Interstate 71, he was spotted by a trooper and the suspect fired shots back, said Lt. Nathan Dennis, a spokesman for the Ohio Highway Patrol.
“Once the vehicle stopped, there was a shootout between officers on scene and suspectsaid an Ohio police spokesman.
The man was surrounded by security forces who tried unsuccessfully to negotiate with him to turn himself in authorities, the source added.
Members of the FBI work in the offices where an armed man tried to enter. AP Photo.
After the 42-year-old suspect raised a gun toward police, the officers shot him and “died as a result of his injuries at the scene,” he added.
NBC reported that the suspect, according to three law enforcement officials, could be seen in photos of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol in Washingtoncarried out by Trump supporters.
Threats against FBI agents and offices across the United States have been on the rise since federal agents executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago. On Gab, a social media platform popular with white supremacists and anti-Semites, users have warned that they are getting ready for an armed revolution.
The FBI raid on Donald Trump’s mansion
The Republicans came out furious to denounce political persecution on Tuesday a few hours after Donald Trump himself denounced on Monday night that the FBI was in his house in Mar-a-Lago in Florida, while the Joe Biden government assured that He had found out about the raid on social media.
What do we know so far about the unprecedented raid? What did the FBI look for in Trump’s Palm Beach mansion?
As reported Tuesday by The New York Times, the search, according to several people familiar with the investigation, appeared to be focused on material that Trump had taken with him to Mar-a-Lago, his private club and residence, when he left the White House. Those boxes contained many pages of classified documents.
What information did those documents contain? The Times says they would include, among other things, classified material that Trump should not have taken, but rather turned over to the historical archive as required by law.
Republicans like Marco Rubio denounced an abuse of power by the Democratic administration just as Trump tries to re-launch the presidential campaign in 2024.
“Until tonight, we have never seen those who assume power use that power to persecute their past or future political opponents,” Senator Rubio said in a video released after the event was known.