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A gunman Thursday morning attempted to break into an FBI building in Cincinnati, Ohio which led to exchange of deadly fire with Ohio State Highway Patrol officers.
Authorities
shut down Interstate I-71 North as the suspect fled the scene and started
firing at police from a cornfield, NBC 15 News reported, according to Washington
Examiner.
The situation
began after the armed man arrived at the office and made potential threats,
Washington Examiner quoted FBI officials at the Cincinnati field as confirming
to WLWT.
Who is the armed suspect that attacked FBI bureau in Cincinnati?
The suspect
was said to be white male over police scanner traffic, Washington Examiner
quoted the News Journal.
“Blood
splatter on his shorts. Right thigh area,” an officer in a police helicopter
said over the radio, according to Washington Examiner. “Part of windshield shot
out ... Suspect on knees, holding rifle.”
"Rifle
down for the moment. He is on his knees,” the officer added about 15 minutes
later.
Authorities
imposed a lockdown for all buildings within a one-mile radius of the suspect’s
current location as of late Thursday morning.
Is the attack on FBI linked to bureau's raid of Trump's Florida Mar-a-Lago home?
It’s not
clear if the incident is linked to a raid by the FBI in a bid to carry out a
search warrant on the Florida Mar-a-Lago home of former President Donald Trump
on Monday.
FBI agents
entered the Mar-a-Lago estate as part of an investigation into whether Mr.
Trump took classified documents to his Florida residence, The Associated Press
quoted people familiar with the matter.
In a lengthy
statement, Trump said that agents had opened a safe at his home, describing
their work as an “unannounced raid” that he likened to “prosecutorial
misconduct,” according to The Associated Press.
Did Trump take away classified documents from the White House to Mar-a-Lago home?
A
months-long probe has sought to establish how classified documents ended up in
boxes of White House records located at Mar-a-Lago earlier this year.
About two
dozen Trump supporters stood in protest at midmorning Tuesday in a bridge near
Trump’s residence following the raid.
One held a
sign reading “Democrats are Fascists” while others carried flags saying “2020
Was Rigged,” “Trump 2024″ and Biden’s name with an obscenity, according to The
Associated Press.
Dark times for our country - Trump responds to FBI raid at Florida Mar-a-Lago home
Trump wrote
Monday night, “These are dark times for our Nation, as my beautiful home,
Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and
occupied by a large group of FBI agents,” Trump wrote, according to The
Associated Press. “Nothing like this has ever happened to a President of the
United States before.”
The Justice
Department has been investigating the potential mishandling of classified
information after the National Archives and Records Administration said it had
received from Mar-a-Lago 15 boxes of White House records, including documents
containing classified information, earlier this year, according to The
Associated Press. The National Archives said Trump should have turned over that
material upon leaving office and then asked the Justice Department to
investigate.
Trump called
the raid "a surprise attack, POLITICS, and all the while our Country is
going to HELL!" in a post on his Truth Social account on Wednesday,
according to Washington Examiner.
The FBI has
since seen a series of online threats to the bureau following the Trump home
raid but FBI Director Christopher Wray denounced the threats as "deplorable
and dangerous."