Armed man who tried to breach FBI Cincinnati office is dead
According to NBC4i, a man who set off an hours-long standoff with the FBI and law enforcement after he walked into a field office Thursday with an assault rifle has been killed.
Around 9:15 a.m., the FBI said the suspect — who NBC News identified as Ricky Walter Shiffer — set off an alarm at its visitor screening facility in the Cincinnati area. NBC reported Shiffer fired a nail gun at law enforcement personnel and held up an assault rifle before fleeing in a vehicle.
A chase ensued onto I-71 North.
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