Washington, Aug 12: An armed man who tried to breach a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) field office in the US city of Cincinnati was shot dead by law enforcement after a standoff.
The person attempted to breach the visitor screening facility at the office at around 9.15 a.m. on Thursday, according to a statement from the federal law enforcement agency.
The manfled and was encountered by law enforcement officers near Wilmington, where they exchanged gunfire in which he “was shot and is deceased” in the afternoon, Xinhua news agency quoted the statement as saying.
The FBI said it is “reviewing this agent-involved shooting”.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol tweeted troopers and their law enforcement partners “attempted to negotiate with the suspect to bring the standoff to a peaceful end” throughout the afternoon.
