A confrontation on Thursday between Ohio state police and an armed man accused of threatening the Cincinnati FBI field office 1-day confrontation took place on Thursday, according to local officials. It ended and a policeman opened fire and died. Ricky Schiffer, 42,.
OhioState Highway Patrol officials said a police officer attempted to negotiate with her 42-year-old woman, but She said it didn't work.
"At that point, law enforcement began moving toward containing and detaining the suspect. Non-lethal tactics were being used at the time," said Ohio Highway. Patrol Lt. Nathan Dennis said.
"They also failed," he continued. "The suspect then raised his gun towards law enforcement and was fired upon by law enforcement officers." Did.
According to public records obtained by The Daily Beast, a 42-year-old man lived in Columbus.
22} He is said to have threatened the FBI office in Cincinnati, firing nail guns at staff and driving away brandishing an AR-15 style rifle.
Members of the Ohio State Highway Patrol caught up with Schiffer at a rest stop, prompting him to flee again.
Eventually, he ditched his car and came across a cornfield in Wilmington, Ohio, where he exchanged gunfire with police.
Afterwards, as traffic on Interstate 71 was temporarily halted, a police officer and his FBI agents circled the field and a lengthy standoff ensued.
Helicopters and drones were heard circling as the officers attempted to negotiate with the man.
Officials are reportedly investigating whether Schiffer had anything to do with his Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol.
This man's supposed social his media account states that he was in Washington, D.C. on January 5, 2021 and he was in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021 to pro-hire Trump. demonstrations and claimed to have attended the storming of the Capitol itself.
"I was there," his Twitter account named Ricky Schifferwrote,, replying to a photo of a mob climbing the Capitol.
Donald TrumpConservative Social An account on his network, Truth Social, also appears to belong to Schiffer.
The man's page says he is a construction electrician in Columbus.
"If you don't hear from me, it is true that I tried to attack the FBI. The post from Thursday's account reads:
FBI Director Christopher Wray called Thursday's attack "extremely disturbing."
"Violence and intimidation against law enforcement, including the FBI, is dangerous and deeply concerning to all Americans," Wray wrote in a statement to his NBC News. . "Every day, I see the men and women of the FBI working professionally with rigor, objectivity, and a passionate commitment to our mission to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution.
After prominent FBI,despitepositions earlier,FBI gained attention } raided Donald Trump's Mar Arago mansion in Florida.
