An armed suspect who tried to breach the FBI’s Cincinnati office on Thursday morning was shot and killed by federal agents after the suspect fled, leading to a highway chase, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
“At approximately 3:42 p.m., the suspect raised a firearm and shots were fired by law enforcement officers. The suspect succumbed to fatal injuries on scene,” the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) said in a statement posted on Twitter Thursday evening.
The suspect was attempting to breach the visitor screening facility at the FBI’s Cincinnati branch around 9 a.m. on Thursday morning, the Cincinnati FBI said in a statement this morning. The suspect fled to the Interstate 71 highway after federal agents responded to the event, and OSHP troopers were dispatched to chase the suspect’s vehicle….