The FBI reports there were ‘shots fired’ at the Cincinnati headquarters when an armed suspect attempted to breach the facility. A manhunt ensued leading the FBI and Ohio State Highway Patrol to pin the suspect down near an open field.
🚨Breaking: An armed suspect at FBI Cincinnati office launches police chase, shots fired during standoff. pic.twitter.com/UP0ovotA8p
— Real Mac Report (@RealMacReport) August 11, 2022
The FBI Cincinnati office announced that an armed suspect had attempted to breach a Visitor Screening Facility. An alarm was sounded and a manhunt ensued.
The #FBI, Ohio State Highway Patrol, and local law enforcement partners are on scene near Wilmington, OH trying to resolve this critical incident.
https://t.co/SWDZTkrnhL— FBI Cincinnati (@FBICincinnati) August 11, 2022
“The man, wearing body armor, exchanged gunfire with police, according to the Clinton County Emergency Management Agency,” the Chicago Tribune reported.
The suspect is still at-large as of time of last update. Interstate-71 in Clinton County has been partially shut down.
“Both sides of Interstate 71 are shut down in Clinton County between Ohio 73 and U.S. 68 after an armed suspect tried to break into FBI headquarters in Greater Cincinnati and then fled, according to the FBI,” Fox reported.
“The FBI says an armed person tried to breach the Visitor Screening Facility at the FBI Headquarters in Greater Cincinnati,” the report notes. “After an alarm went off and a response by FBI special agents, the subject fled north onto Interstate I-71.”
“The FBI, Ohio State Highway Patrol, and local law enforcement are on the scene near Wilmington,” the report adds. “Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers began chasing the suspect on northbound I-71 near the Kings Mills exit at about 9:30 a.m. Thursday, dispatchers confirm.”
“Clinton County Emergency Management says there is a lockdown in effect for all buildings within a one-mile radius of Smith and Center roads,” the report continued. “People in that area are being told to lock their doors and remain inside.”
CLINTON CO: Multiple closures, including both directions of I-71, remain in place due to a police situation. If you're traveling between Cincinnati and Columbus you'll need to use an alternate route. No estimated time of reopening. pic.twitter.com/1erIwsPsxh
— Matt Bruning (@mbruning81) August 11, 2022
The shooting incident occurrs one day after FBI Director Christopher Wray blasted critics of its Trump raid as ‘dangerous’ and claimed that pushback was leading to an increase in death threats.FBI Director Wray on Wednesday accused critics of the Trump raid of making “threats” against federal agents.
“I’m always concerned about threats to law enforcement,” Wray said on Wednesday. “Violence against law enforcement is not the answer, no matter who you’re upset with.”
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