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New traffic camera video shows pursuit of suspect in FBI breach attempt

New traffic camera video shows pursuit of suspect in FBI breach attempt
WELL, WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THIS PURSUIT TO WIN UP ALONG 71 IT ALL BEGAN HERE AT THE FBI CENTER HERE IN KENWOOD THE SUSPECT SHOWS UP WITH AN AR-15 STYLE WEAPON TRYING TO GET INTO THE FBI CENTER WORKING WITH A NAIL GUN TO TRY AND BREAK OUT THE BULLETPROOF GLASS. THAT DIDN’T WORK. I AGENTS IT DID SET OFF AN ALARM AGENTS CAME OUT AND THE CHASE WAS ON. IT BEGAN AT THE FBI CENTER IN KENWOOD, BUT DREW OUT OVER MORE THAN 30 MILES AND SIX HOURS BEFORE IT ENDED IN A REMOTE CORNFIELD A LOT OF COMMOTION A LOT OF TRAFFIC A LOT OF SIRENS AND IN THE MIDDLE OF IT ALL THE PURSUIT PIRATES OF OUR SOUTH OFFICERS CAPTURED ON VIDEO FROM THREE. OH DOT CAMERAS OBTAINED THROUGH PUBLIC RECORDS. IT PICKS UP THE SUSPECTS WHITE CROWN VIC NORTHBOUND I-71 AT FIRST FOLLOWED BY ONE OFFICER, BUT BY THE TIME THE SUSPECT EXIT THE THIN BLUE LINE IS THE LONG BLUE LINE SUBJECT IS THE ARMY ARMORY THE SUSPECT RICKY SCHIFFER CRASHES ON A NARROW COUNTRY ROAD, BUT IT’S NOT OVER. HE’S RIGHT THIS CAR. HE’S SHOOTING AN OFFICER. I MEAN THERE’S THREE FOUR HUNDRED ACRES RIGHT THERE THAT’S WITH NO HOUSES AROUND IT. JUST THE MIDDLE OF THE MILL OF THE COUNTRY. YEAH. I’M VERY SURPRISED BECAUSE YOU KNOW THIS PLACE ALL THE TIME IS VERY NORMAL DRONE VIDEO SHOWS POLICE LINING THE ROAD WATCHING AND WAITING HOURS PAST AS POLICE SURROUNDED SCHIFFER THEN OFFICERS TRY TO MOVE IN USING LESLIE HOTEL TACTICS TO TAKE THE SUSPECT IN THE CUSTODY THE SUSPECT THEN RAISE THE FIREARM FOR BALL, OF COURSE SHOTS WERE FIRED AT THE SUSPECT SCHIFFER WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY OFFICERS LATER THAT WHITE CROWN VICTOED FROM THE SCENE WITH BULLET HOLES SCATTERED ACROSS THE VEHICLE WRITING THE LAST CHAPTER OF A VIOLENT DAY. YEAH NOW DESPITE THAT PURSUIT TO STAND OFF THE SHOTS FIRED. NO OFFICERS WER
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New traffic camera video shows pursuit of suspect in FBI breach attempt
New details about the attack on the FBI center in Cincinnati are emerging as video from traffic cameras that caught parts of the pursuit are released.Investigators said Ricky Shiffer was showing an AR-15-style weapon as he tried to get into the FBI center. The commotion set off alarms at inside the FBI center, armed agents came running and Shiffer took off.The new video from ODOT, obtained by a public records request, shows the suspect’s white Crown Victoria on I-71 headed northbound from the Kenwood area.At first, one police cruiser is following Shiffer. By the time he exits the interstate nearly 30 miles later, there is a long line of police vehicles behind him.Shiffer crashed in a remote area near acres of cornfields. “He’s wrecked his car and he’s shooting at officers,” a dispatcher warned police in pursuit.After a standoff that lasted several hours police tried to arrest Shiffer.“Officers tried to move in using less lethal tactics to take the suspect into custody, the suspect then raised his firearm toward law enforcement and that’s when shots were fired at the suspect,” said an Ohio State Patrol spokesman.Shiffer was killed by officers.The incident began about 35 miles away at the FBI center.Sources said Shiffer was using a nail gun to try to break through the bulletproof glass.Schiffer seems to confirm the effort in a social media post where he writes, “Well, I thought I had a way through bulletproof glass, and I didn’t.”

New details about the attack on the FBI center in Cincinnati are emerging as video from traffic cameras that caught parts of the pursuit are released.

Investigators said Ricky Shiffer was showing an AR-15-style weapon as he tried to get into the FBI center. The commotion set off alarms at inside the FBI center, armed agents came running and Shiffer took off.

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The new video from ODOT, obtained by a public records request, shows the suspect’s white Crown Victoria on I-71 headed northbound from the Kenwood area.

At first, one police cruiser is following Shiffer. By the time he exits the interstate nearly 30 miles later, there is a long line of police vehicles behind him.

Shiffer crashed in a remote area near acres of cornfields.

“He’s wrecked his car and he’s shooting at officers,” a dispatcher warned police in pursuit.

After a standoff that lasted several hours police tried to arrest Shiffer.

“Officers tried to move in using less lethal tactics to take the suspect into custody, the suspect then raised his firearm toward law enforcement and that’s when shots were fired at the suspect,” said an Ohio State Patrol spokesman.

Shiffer was killed by officers.

The incident began about 35 miles away at the FBI center.

Sources said Shiffer was using a nail gun to try to break through the bulletproof glass.

Schiffer seems to confirm the effort in a social media post where he writes, “Well, I thought I had a way through bulletproof glass, and I didn’t.”