Gunman Tries to Breach FBI's Cincinnati Office and Flees After Firing Nail Gun at Officers
Officials say the man was wearing body armor and exchanged gunfire with officers on a highway, which was then closed in both directionsA man armed with an AR-15 style rifle approached the visitor screening area at the FBI's Cincinnati office and fired a nail gun into the building when confronted by agents, leading to a police pursuit on an interstate, authorities said Thursday.
After fleeing the FBI office, the man was chased onto Interstate 71, which was then closed in both directions. The man, wearing body armor, exchanged gunfire with police, according to the Clinton County Emergency Management Agency. "At approximately 9 AM this morning an armed subject attempted to breach the Visitor Screening Facility atCincinnati," the agency's Cincinnati field office wrote in a tweet just before noon."After an alarm and a response by FBI special agents, the subject fled north onto Interstate 71."
Two law enforcement sources told NBC News that the man had fired a nail gun toward personnel before fleeing in a car.