Suspect In Cincinnati FBI Attack Killed

Topline

An armed man who fled after attempting to breach the Cincinnati FBI office Thursday morning has been killed after a standoff with police, according to multiple reports.

Key Facts

NBC News identified the suspect as Ricky Shiffer, who was present at the January 6 Capitol riot.

He was shot at about 3 p.m. Eastern time after raising his gun toward police, according to the Associated Press, citing an Ohio Highway State Patrol spokesman.

The standoff ended in a wooded area about 45 miles north of Cincinnati after the suspect abandoned his car on a rural road off of Interstate 71, according to AP.

The Ohio Highway State Patrol and the FBI did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Forbes.

Key Background

The Cincinnati FBI office said an armed man tried to breach its visitor screening area around 9 a.m., but he fled onto I-71 after setting off an alarm. Law enforcement officers reportedly started chasing the suspect on the interstate later in the morning. The suspect exited onto local roads in Clinton County, where he abandoned his vehicle and exchanged gunfire with police, beginning an hours-long standoff.

Tangent

The incident occurred just three days after the FBI carried out a raid at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, reportedly in response to allegations he improperly transported White House documents there instead of turning them over to the National Archives when he left office. Since the raid, calls for violence have emerged in some online right-wing extremist communities, prompting Trump-appointed FBI Director Christopher Wray to denounce the threats as “deplorable and dangerous.”

Further Reading

Gunman Tries To Enter Cincinnati FBI Building (Forbes)

Armed man killed after trying to breach FBI office, standoff (Associated Press)

FBI Agents Search Mar-A-Lago In ‘Unannounced Raid,’ Trump Says (Forbes)

Here’s What To Know About Trump’s Document Controversy That Led To Mar-A-Lago Raid (Forbes)