The gunman who tried to breach the FBI’s Cincinnati office and engaged officers in a standoff that lasted hours before his death served on a nuclear submarine in the Navy and later in the National Guard, according to Military.com.
According to reports, Ricky Walter Shiffer, 42, who had top-secret clearance, was shot and killed by police after attempting to break into the field office using a nail gun.
Reports said Shiffer fled the scene after his unsuccessful break-in and was pursued by Ohio State Police. He briefly exchanged gunfire with officers and was later killed after unsuccessful attempts to subdue him using non-lethal methods.
According to ConservativeBrief.com, Shiffer was reportedly angry about the FBI’s raid on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate earlier this week, according to posts he allegedly wrote on Truth Social.
During a press conference, the California Democrat ripped Trump for “instigating assaults on law enforcement,” and went on to grill Republicans over the incident.
Q: The attack against the FBI office or apparent attack against the FBI office in Ohio, how concerned are you about an increased level of violence against law enforcement, against public officials? And are you concerned that some of the rhetoric from the former President could be to blame for some of those increased threats?
PELOSI: Thank you for your question. Now, the – we need no more evidence than a presidential incitement of an insurrection on the Capitol to know about causing concern about the safety of Members of Congress, of our Capitol, of our Constitution, and of our law enforcement.
We – on Tuesday, we had a conference with the Members. It was a Zoom Caucus with our Members where we had a presentation on enhanced security for Members and their staff and families, and in an unemotional, serious way, recognizing that this inflaming of situations that have no basis in truth even and are in disregard of the responsibilities of law enforcement. So, yes.
But again, we have to be – there are no guarantees. We sign up for this. We have to do our jobs. I know very well how vicious they can be for a long time now, but certainly enhanced, if that’s the word, exacerbated by the statements of the President.
You would think there would be an adult in the Republican room that would say, ‘Just calm down, see what the facts are, and let’s go for that,’ instead of, again, instigating assaults on law enforcement.
