https://mynbc15.com/news/nation-world/gun-wielding-suspect-makes-threats-at-fbi-building-in-cincinnati-reports-say-ohio-interstate-71-clinton-warren-county-state-road-emergency-management-agency-transportation-waynesvilleInterstate 71 in Ohio was shut down Thursday morning in both directions and there was a lockdown in effect after shots were fired in the area.
At approximately 9 AM this morning an armed subject attempted to breach the Visitor Screening Facility at #FBI Cincinnati," according to FBI Cincinnati. "After an alarm and a response by FBI special agents, the subject fled north onto Interstate 71.
The FBI added that the Ohio State Highway Patrol, and law enforcement partners, are at a scene near Wilmington, OH "trying to resolve this critical incident."
WKRC tweeted a video of authorities arriving at FBI headquarters in Cincinnati.
The Clinton County Emergency Management Agency said there was an armed suspect in the area of State Road 73, Smith Road and State Road 380.
The lockdown covered within a one-mile radius of Smith Road and Center Road.
Multiple news outlets are reporting a suspect fled the scene and drove toward Waynesville, Ohio. Some witnesses reported the person was seen firing at authorities from a corn field. The Federal Bureau of Investigation's building appears to no longer be under a threat.
The Warren County Emergency Management Agency tweeted the roads in that area are closed due to an "active law enforcement incident." WKEF reported Ohio Department of Transportation cameras showed empty roads around the exit, including those along I-71.
WKRC and WKEF have crews on the way.
This apparent threat comes after some people have been using violent rhetoric in the wake of the agency's search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home. It's not clear if the incident in Ohio is tied to the Florida search but FBI Director Christopher Wray called threats circulating online against federal agents and the Justice Department “deplorable and dangerous.”
Wray was appointed as the agency’s director in 2017 by Trump.
“I’m always concerned about threats to law enforcement,” Wray said. “Violence against law enforcement is not the answer, no matter who you’re upset with.”
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