WILMINGTON, Ohio (AP) — An armed man clad in body armor who tried to breach the FBI’s Cincinnati office on Thursday was shot and killed by police after he fled the scene and engaged in an hourslong standoff in a rural part of the state, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said.
The confrontation came as officials warned of an increase in threats against federal agents in the days following a search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
The man is believed to have been in Washington in the days leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and may have been present at the Capitol on the day of the attack, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the matter. The official could not discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
The suspect was identified as Ricky Shiffer, 42, according to the law enforcement official. He was not charged with any crimes in connection with the Jan. 6 attack, the official said. Federal investigators are examining whether Shiffer may have had ties to far-right extremist groups, including the Proud Boys, the official said. -snip
Lucky this POS was taken down before he could harm or kill someone. His social media was littered with threats and calling people to take up arms against the FBI.
Truth Social has a plethora of similar commentary with unhinged types calling for war.
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nah, we really don't need attention seeking time wasting thread derailing phaggotry. you're obviously capable of running that department.
I think this is the proper thread to post this: 'Deep State May Try To Assassinate Trump' -steve bannon
since every accusation from this cult turns out in the end to be a confession, this is pretty scary. also remember what happens in every mafia film where the boss or made guy gets busted, and they all worry that he might fold to the police/feds.
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Charlie Kirk claimed it was a false flag on his podcast today:
"The director of the FBI had strong words Wednesday for supporters of Donald Trump, who have been using 'violent rhetoric' in the wake of his agency's search for Trump's Mar-a-Lago home.
He says that threats against federal agents and the Justice Department are deplorable and dangerous.
How many of those threats are planted by the FBI themselves? We have said the entire time, 'Remain peaceful.' We do not put up with violent acts.
Now there's a new report that shows someone is attacking the FBI building in Cincinnati. Interstate 171-North is shut down after a suspect drove towards Waynesville, Ohio. Unconfirmed reports say he is now firing at police from a cornfield.
Now, I'm sure this will now be the main focus, even though we have said repeatedly to remain peaceful, and stay focused on constructive things that we can do.
They're now going to try to play the victim after they occupied Donald Trump's home—a military occupation. Look, let me be very clear: violence against law enforcement is not tolerated. We shouldn't talk—we shouldn't allow it. We shouldn't even get close to encouraging it.
But that cannot allow us to keep our eye off the ball of exactly what happened earlier this week. This is the main focus now of the media.
The media is now saying, 'Well, do you see how the right is reacting to all of this?'"
Even though it happens often, it's still amazing to me just how quickly the party that self-labels as "law and order" and "support law enforcement", shits on law and order and law enforcement.
Issuing a search warrant, taking the listed material and then leaving is a "military occupation" now? What a fruitcake.
The armed man who attempted to break into the FBI building in Cincinnati has been identified as Ricky Shiffer, the Ohio Department of Safety said Friday.
Shiffer, who was shot and killed after a standoff with police, was at the U.S. Capitol during the January 6th insurrection, but was not charged with any crimes related to January 6th.
The 42-year-old man from Columbus, Ohio, had ties to extremist groups, including the Proud Boys.
Shiffer was fatally shot by police after fleeing the FBI building and leading officers on a chase that led to a six-hour standoff on a rural road, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said in a news release. After negotiations failed, police attempted to utilize "less lethal tactics" to arrest Shiffer, but he "raised a firearm" and officers shot him, they said.
Shiffer died at the scene. Authorities are investigating a possible motive, in addition to Shiffer's ties to extremist groups, a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation said.
His name is used on several social media platforms by an individual who spoke about being at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, and urging a "call to arms" after the FBI executed a search warrant at Donald Trump's Florida estate on Monday.
On his Truth Social account, which has been active only the last few weeks, he communicated to others with increasingly politically violent and revolution-minded thoughts.
But it was not until the FBI executed a search warrant on Trump's Mar-a-Lago home Monday that the user began to fixate on responding with violence toward the agency.
"People, this is it," he wrote on Monday. "I hope a call to arms comes from someone better qualified, but if not, this is your call to arms from me." In that post, he encouraged people to go to gun and pawn shops to "get whatever you need to be ready for combat."
His now-suspended Twitter account, @rickyshiffer, shared the same profile picture as the Truth Social account and similar opinions, including a call for armed conflict in the U.S. this past spring. It included posts saying that "elections are rigged" against conservatives and that the country faces "tyranny."
Shiffer was a registered Republican who voted in the 2020 primary from Columbus, Ohio and in the 2020 general election from Tulsa, Oklahoma according to public records. He enlisted in the Navy in 1998 and served on the USS Columbia submarine from 1999 to 2003, according to military records.
Shiffer was at the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021 according to three people aiding law enforcement who saw him in photos taken from the day of the attack; however, it is unclear whether he went inside the building. Shiffer frequently posted about his attendance at the riot on social media.
Hannity: "My Love of Law Enforcement Is Destroyed"
"The FBI is blatantly targeting our fellow Americans for their political beliefs. The bureau's reputation has been shattered.
My faith in an organization—I'll be honest, I had two family members, they were a deity in my family because they worked for this organization—I revered this organization for decades of my life.
If you listen to my radio show, watch this show, you know my love of law enforcement, it has now been pretty much utterly destroyed."
TIL espionage and terrorists threats are protected "political beliefs"
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This is very true, it's an international problem, but you politicians are crazy in a stranger way than ours. For both its about personal gain and blind ambition but yours are just overtly madder.
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I'm 100% certain his reaction would be exactly the same if the circumstances were the same but instead of Donald Trump getting raided it was the Clinton's.
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