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Armed Man Thursday He tried to break into an FBI building in Cincinnati, Ohio, but fled the scene and exchanged gunfire with law enforcement officers in a car chase hours later before ending his standoff with the suspect, officials said. person said.
The incident began around 9:15 am (1315 GMT) when the suspect attempted unsuccessfully to enter his FBI visitor screening facility. He then fled the area in a white car heading north on Interstate 71, the FBI said.
About 20 minutes later, state troopers spotted the vehicle in nearby Warren County and attempted to stop traffic. Ohio Highway Patrol spokesman Nathan Dennis said at a news briefing that the chase continued as the suspect opened fire on state police with weapons.
Vehicles was eventually stopped and a shootout ensued between the suspect and police officers, he said. Dennis said no police were injured.
The hours-long stalemate ended in the late afternoon, according to the Clinton County Emergency Management Agency. The whereabouts of the suspect who escaped to the corn field remain unknown.
Several highways in the Cincinnati area were closed during the standoff.
"Law enforcement engaged in a shootout with a male suspect wearing a gray shirt and bulletproof vest," the Clinton County Emergency Management Department previously said, asking people in the area to stay indoors. , prompted to lock the door.
NBC News reported that the suspect armed himself with his AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle and fired a nail gun at the FBI building.
Details and suspect's motives unknown.
The FBI said this week that its investigators were investigating Donald Trump's former President Trump's Florida mansion as part of an investigation into documents removed from the White House upon his resignation as president in January 2021. It has been the subject of online threats since the hunt. Kanishka Singh and Brendan O'Brien of Washington, edited by Grant McCool)
