Shiffer first warned on the site Tuesday that he was “proposing a war” in response to the FBI’s Monday raid of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort.
An armed man was shot dead by the police after he tried to breach the FBI’s Ohio field office and carry out an attack that he boasted about on former President Donald Trump’s social media platform Truth Social hours beforehand. Ricky Walter Shiffer, 42, was shot dead by the police on Thursday afternoon after he raised a gun toward officers around 3 pm.
Shiffer first warned on Truth social on Tuesday that he was “proposing a war” following the FBI’s raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property on Monday. Police have identified Shiffer as a Trump supporter who was also allegedly at the US Capitol on January 6.
Shiffer tried to storm the FBI’s Ohio field office on Thursday afternoon. He raised a gun at the officers around 3 pm, which alerted others of a possible attack, said an Ohio Highway State Patrol spokesperson.
According to federal authorities, the suspect, who was wearing body armor, first “attempted to breach” the FBI office’s visitor screening area before being confronted by authorities before he fled the area.
