Police were locked in a standoff on Thursday with an armed man who tried to breach the FBI building in Cincinnati earlier in the day.
The incident was still active as of Thursday afternoon but contained, an Ohio state official told reporters in a press briefing. Authorities said no officials were injured and the suspect was not successful in breaching the building.
“Law enforcement has traded shots with a male suspect who is wearing a gray shirt and body armor,” Clinton County Emergency Management Agency said earlier, urging people in the area to stay inside and lock their doors. NBC News reported that the suspect, who was armed with an AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle, fired a nail gun into the building. Authorities shut down two highways and imposed an area lockdown.The man tried to breach the FBI building’s Visitor Screening Facility before fleeing north onto Interstate 71, the
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