Police have exchanged gunfire with an armed man after he made threats at an FBI building in Cincinnati, according to reports.
The incident began Thursday morning after a man armed with a gun showed up to the building and began making threats, the FBI said in a statement.
“At approximately 9 AM this morning an armed subject attempted to breach the Visitor Screening Facility at #FBI Cincinnati,” the FBI’s Cincinnati bureau said on Twitter. “After an alarm and a response by FBI special agents, the subject fled north onto Interstate 71.”
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Clinton County, Ohio’s Emergency Management Agency has issued a lockdown order for a 1-mile radius near the building, and said police have exchanged gunfire with the suspect.
“Law enforcement has traded shots with a male suspect who is wearing a gray shirt and body armor,” the alert said.
There is no longer a threat to the FBI building, officials told WLWT. But a standoff has occurred several miles away.
The FBI has faced increased threats over the past couple days following the execution of a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago, the Florida home of former President Donald Trump. The search appeared to be related to classified material Trump brought with him after he left the White House.
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Christopher Wray, who was appointed by as the agency’s director in 2017 by Trump, said threats circulating online against the agency were “deplorable and dangerous.”
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
