'A very scary thing': Ohio governor speaks on attempted breach of Cincinnati FBI building

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

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine issued a statement for the first time since an armed man attempted to breach a Cincinnati FBI building leading to a pursuit and fatal standoff.It started around 9 a.m. Thursday when an armed man attempted to breach the FBI's Cincinnati office's Visitor Screening Facility in Kenwood.An alarm went off and FBI special agents responded when the man fired a nail gun at law enforcement personnel, sources tell NBC News. The man then held up an AR-15-style rifle before fleeing in a vehicle north onto Interstate 71, leading Ohio State Highway Patrol on a pursuit. Police said that during the pursuit, the suspect fired shots from his vehicle before getting off the highway, stopping near Smith Road in Clinton County.That's when police said the suspect and officers exchanged gunfire, leading to a standoff.Law enforcement officers attempted to negotiate with the suspect during the standoff but were unsuccessful.Around 3:42 p.m., after hours of negotiations, officers attempted to move forward and take the suspect into custody but those efforts also failed, OSP said.The suspect later raised a firearm toward law enforcement and shots were fired by officers. The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene, OSP said.No officers were injured during the standoff.Police have identified the suspect as 42-year-old Ricky Walter Shiffer from Columbus.During an appearance in Whitehall, Ohio on Monday, DeWine issued a statement on the attempted breach."Anytime there is an attack on law enforcement whether it's local law enforcement, federal law enforcement, FBI, DEA, this is something that is very scary and is something that is a horrible, horrible thing and we certainly denounce that type of activity," DeWine said. "Our law enforcement, which includes the FBI, DEA, is under potential attack. We see this all the time, sometimes is intentional because they are police or because they are law enforcement. Other times it's because they are doing their duty or they end up getting shot." DeWine continued, saying "we have to back up our law enforcement, we have to support our law enforcement, and certainly what happened with the attack on the FBI is a very scary thing."

WHITEHALL, Ohio —

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine issued a statement for the first time since an armed man attempted to breach a Cincinnati FBI building leading to a pursuit and fatal standoff.

It started around 9 a.m. Thursday when an armed man attempted to breach the FBI's Cincinnati office's Visitor Screening Facility in Kenwood.

An alarm went off and FBI special agents responded when the man fired a nail gun at law enforcement personnel, sources tell NBC News. The man then held up an AR-15-style rifle before fleeing in a vehicle north onto Interstate 71, leading Ohio State Highway Patrol on a pursuit.

Police said that during the pursuit, the suspect fired shots from his vehicle before getting off the highway, stopping near Smith Road in Clinton County.

That's when police said the suspect and officers exchanged gunfire, leading to a standoff.

Law enforcement officers attempted to negotiate with the suspect during the standoff but were unsuccessful.

Around 3:42 p.m., after hours of negotiations, officers attempted to move forward and take the suspect into custody but those efforts also failed, OSP said.

The suspect later raised a firearm toward law enforcement and shots were fired by officers. The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene, OSP said.

No officers were injured during the standoff.

Police have identified the suspect as 42-year-old Ricky Walter Shiffer from Columbus.

During an appearance in Whitehall, Ohio on Monday, DeWine issued a statement on the attempted breach.

"Anytime there is an attack on law enforcement whether it's local law enforcement, federal law enforcement, FBI, DEA, this is something that is very scary and is something that is a horrible, horrible thing and we certainly denounce that type of activity," DeWine said. "Our law enforcement, which includes the FBI, DEA, is under potential attack. We see this all the time, sometimes is intentional because they are police or because they are law enforcement. Other times it's because they are doing their duty or they end up getting shot."

DeWine continued, saying "we have to back up our law enforcement, we have to support our law enforcement, and certainly what happened with the attack on the FBI is a very scary thing."

'A very scary thing': Ohio governor speaks on attempted breach of Cincinnati FBI building

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