Armed gunman tries to breach FBI's Cincinnati office; authorities pursuing suspect on interstate

[ificandream]

Source: USA TODAY/Christine Fernando and Quinlan Bentley

The suspect attempted to breach the visitor screening facility at around 9 a.m. at the bureau's field office in Cincinnati, the FBI said in a tweet. After an alarm went off and special agents responded, the suspect fled north onto Interstate 71.

Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers pursued the suspect who was wearing body armor and a gray shirt as he fled in a Crown Victoria, said Thomas Breckle, director of Clinton County Emergency Management Agency. Officers traded gunfire with the suspect as he drove away, Breckle said. Parts of the interstate were shut down, officials said.

Clinton County Emergency Management issued a lockdown for all buildings within a one-mile radius of the area and instructed residents and business-owners to lock their doors and remain inside

The incident came a day after the FBI director warned against threats circulating online against agents and the Justice Department in the wake of the agency’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home.



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[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

1. Probably a MAGAt

[hibbing]

2. Will his cult members be doing this all over now? n/t

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

27. Fuck them.

I wouldn't mind seeing a few bite the bullet. That will discourage a whole lot of his trash from starting anything.

[ck4829]

3. Is this that 'civil war' they keep squawking on about?

[paleotn]

26. Yep.

A few nutters getting shot and arrested is perfectly fine by me. This isn't Jan 6. There's a new "sheriff" in town.

[Evolve Dammit]

4. Well, his deplorable life is ruined. All for the Orange "Chosen One." Have fun in prison...

[sop]

5. The media is reporting the guy had a "nail gun."

How fitting: nailed by the feds for shooting at them with a nail gun.

[IronLionZion]

6. Back the blue by shooting them in the back

with nails apparently

[PJMcK]

7. Another idiot (n/t)

[sinkingfeeling]

8. Latest press briefing by Ohio Highway Patrol is they're in a 'contained' stand-off with the guy.

[CaptainTruth]

11. Apparently in a corn field, which is SO Ohio.

[Trueblue1968]

9. TAKE. HIM. OUT. Send him to Hades please.

[JohnSJ]

12. I hate to say this because it isn't my nature, but everything has changed because of the trump repub

cult, and I agree with you

We are at risk of losing our democracy

[muriel_volestrangler]

15. No, we should want him alive, and saying he was incited by Republican politicians

such as these:

Ohio Republicans criticize Mar-a-Lago search, Democrats blast 'political pressure' on FBI

...
Ohio Republicans criticized the FBI and Department of Justice and demanded further details about what led federal officials to execute the search warrant. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Dayton, who sits on a House Intelligence Committee, asked FBI Director Christopher Way to provide the committee with information about the search.
...
"What was on the warrant? What were you really doing? What were you looking for?" U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Urbana, said in a Fox News interview. "Why not talk to President Trump and have him give the information you're after? This is unbelievable."
...
At a Pickaway County farm, "Hillbilly Elegy" author J.D. Vance said "haggling over some documents" doesn't justify the search. He argued the issue transcends legal questions and said federal officials need to be transparent with the public before taking action that could make political waves.

"You're dealing with a very popular former president of the United States, so it's fundamentally a political question," Vance said. "There's also a proportionality question. It's not just, what do we have the right to do, but what is in the national interest to do, what inflames the political passions of the country, and what are the American people owed in light of the fact that there's a big controversy around this?"

https://eu.dispatch.com/story/news/2022/08/09/mar-lago-raid-ohio-republicans-call-action-politically-motivated/10275221002/

or by the Orange Shitgibbon himself.

[Moostache]

19. I am on the fence about these idiots getting gunned down...

I don't want them to be martyrs to the cause...jail him, lock him up and lose the keys.
Supermax for life without possibility of parole for domestic terrorism.

[Jilly_in_VA]

10. I really hope

they get him alive. Wounded, but surviving. In great pain, but good enough to face Lady Justice and be convicted.

[JohnnyRingo]

13. I know one guy who could stop this before someone gets killed.

If he wasn't such an amoral attention whore

[sakabatou]

14. A Trump cultist I'm sure.

[Warpy]

16. Guess what, Mr One Man Army?

TFG still doesn't know who the fuck you are and he doesn't care, either.

Moron.

[C Moon]

17. First they attacked our capitol, and when caught, cried, "Trump made me do it!"

Now they're attacking the FBI.
They just do not have brains that learn.

[FarPoint]

18. This very building was built after 911.

It is essentially impregnable. Built with state of the art design..bomb proof and all the bells and whistles

[VGNonly]

24. My son works downtown Cinci

at a government agency. He lives though, about 2 miles away from the FBI HQ. It looks like a prison facility; gates and fences, the whole nine yards. What was this fool thinking...!!!??

[MarcA]

20. Another nihilist cosplaying their own red dawn fantasy. n/t

[Backseat Driver]

21. UPDATES:

Last edited Thu Aug 11, 2022, 03:48 PM - Edit history (1)

https://www.wnewsj.com/news/211868/troopers-in-pursuit-of-man-who-tried-to-break-into-fbi-building-in-cincinnati


2:40: From Clinton County EMA: “Update to the current situation. I-71 traffic both northbound and southbound are reopened. State Route 73 is still closed between State Route 380 and Mitchell Road. Expect traffic impacts the closer we get to evening drive time. Law Enforcement operations still underway in vicinity of Center & Smith Roads. LOCKDOWN still in effect for 1 mile radius of Center & Smith Roads. Please remain indoors and keep your doors locked. Suspect has not yet been taking into custody, but is contained. He is wearing a gray shirt and body armor, and is armed. Remain vigilant and if you are in the area, report anything suspicious to 911.”

3:43 p.m. Chatter of “sniper off gun” and some sort of movement by law enforcement.

[ultralite001]

22. Misdirection... RTump's modus operandi...

Misleading spectator’s attention and manipulating their interest in order to do something sneaky or secretive…

The RTumpster has cultivated this act for years; his followers have been slavishly obsessed with his actions. What is RTump hiding??? Its discovery will lead to embarrassment, humiliation, shame, even failure… to the point RTump will do ANYTHING to prevent its disclosure…

The RTumpster’s true Achilles heel is soon to be revealed… Don’t lose focus…

That is all…

[TexLaProgressive]

23. I would be escorted into our local FBI office

To work on fiber optic equipment. I would come to their door inside the building. Press the button while on camera. A voice would ask my business and to hold my id to the camera. After a wait, an agent would appear behind me and escort me through another door. All the personnel in that office were armed with Glocks, men and women.

I don't think this idiot would've lasted 10 seconds. They would've put him down in the foyer.

I don't like being around open carry people in public places, but knowing I was with highly trained professionals was okay.

[onenote]

25. Response has ended. Not sure what it means.

4:26: EMA: “RESPONSE HAS ENDED. End lockdown.” Also, some operations are continuing on-scene, so portions of Smith Road will remain closed. SR 73 to reopen shortly.


It sounds like he may have been taken out by a sniper.

[FlyingPiggy]

28. He's toast. Good riddance.

[xocetaceans]

29. Move along...nothing to see here: it's just another well regulated stochastic militia cropping up...

n/t

[wolfie001]

30. Another of donnie dump's....

....cult followers. Bunch of losers just like their leader.

[AverageOldGuy]

31. NYT reports he may be a Jan 6 terrorist

NYTimes is reporting that the MAGAt who attacked the Cincinnati FBI office is Ricky Shiffer, who appears to be a Jan 6 terrorists.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/11/us/fbi-cincinnati-ricky-shiffer-jan-6.html

Other reports are that he holed up in a cornfield -- no word on whether or not cops shot him or took him alive.

[Mawspam2]

32. He's dead, Jim!

An armed suspect who tried to enter the FBI's Cincinnati office is dead after standoff.

After negotiations failed, law enforcement officers tried to take suspect into custody, but the suspect raised a gun at authorities and was fatally shot.

The man was identified as Ricky Shiffer, according to three federal law enforcement sources.

A Truth Social account bearing Shiffer's name referenced his attempt to storm an FBI office, and also encouraged others online to prepare for a revolutionary-type war, CNN has learned.

"Well, I thought I had a way through bullet proof glass, and I didn't," the user posted on Donald Trump's social media site at 9:29 a.m. Authorities say the attack took place at 9:15. "If you don't hear from me, it is true I tried attacking the F.B.I., and it'll mean either I was taken off the internet, the F.B.I. got me, or they sent the regular cops while."

It's unclear whether the user was attempting to write more, as the post stops after the word "while." Authorities said the suspect fled in a car after attempting to get in the FBI office.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/08/11/us/cincinnati-fbi-office-armed-subject/index.html