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Suspect who tried to breach FBI office dies in standoff

The intersection of Smith Road and Van Tress Road in Chester Township, Ohio, seen Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, near where the Ohio State Highway Patrol says a standoff took place the day before. Authorities are investigating the motives 42-year-old Ricky Shiffer, an armed man who they say tried to breach the FBI’s Cincinnati office, fled and died hours later in a rural standoff with law enforcement. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon) The intersection of Smith Road and Van Tress Road in Chester Township, Ohio, seen Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, near where the Ohio State Highway Patrol says a standoff took place the day before. Authorities are investigating the motives 42-year-old Ricky Shiffer, an armed man who they say tried to breach the FBI’s Cincinnati office, fled and died hours later in a rural standoff with law enforcement. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon) Clinton County employees sit in their vehicles blocking the road that leads to the scene where an armed man was shot and killed by police after breaching the FBI's Cincinnati field office Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022, in Wilmington, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete) A Clinton County employee helps direct traffic as an Ohio State Highway Patrol vehicle leaves the scene where an armed man was shot and killed by police after breaching the FBI's Cincinnati field office Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022, in Wilmington, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete) The Caesar Creek Flea Market in Wilmington, Ohio, stands near the place where law enforcement officers exchanged gunfire with a suspect who earlier attempted to breach the FBI's Cincinnati office before fleeing up Interstate 71 toward Wilmington on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. (Sam Greene/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP) A Clinton County Sheriff's vehicle is parked in a lot in Wilmington, Ohio, during a standoff with a suspect who earlier attempted to breach the FBI's Cincinnati office before fleeing up Interstate 71 toward Wilmington on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. (Sam Greene/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP) Waves of heat radiate off Interstate 71 in Clinton County near Cincinnati, Ohio, which was closed during a standoff Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022, with an armed man wearing body armor who tried to breach security at the FBI Cincinnati Field Office before he fled north on I-71. (Nick Graham/Dayton Daily News via AP) Two small airplanes and an Ohio State Highway Patrol helicopter are circling the area during a standoff Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022, involving an armed man who tried to breach security at the Cincinnati FBI Field Office before fleeing north on I-71 to Clinton County, Ohio. (Nick Graham/Dayton Daily News via AP) Interstate 71 and state Route 73 were among roads closed during a standoff Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022, involving an armed man who tried to breach security at the Cincinnati FBI Field Office before fleeing north on I-71 to Clinton County, Ohio. (Nick Graham/Dayton Daily News via AP) Interstate 71 in Clinton County, Ohio, was closed and the area on lockdown during a standoff Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022, with an armed man wearing body armor who tried to breach security at the FBI Cincinnati Field Office before he fled north on I-71. (Nick Graham/Dayton Daily News via AP) In this still image taken from WKEF/WRGT video, an FBI agent stands guard as members of the FBI Evidence Response Team work outside the FBI building in Kenwood, Ohio, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. An armed man decked out in body armor tried to breach a security screening area at an FBI field office in Ohio on Thursday, then fled and was injured in an exchange of gunfire in a standoff with law enforcement, authorities said. (Courtesy WKEF/WRGT via AP) In this still image taken from WKEF/WRGT video, members of the FBI Evidence Response Team work outside the FBI building in Kenwood, Ohio, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. An armed man decked out in body armor tried to breach a security screening area at an FBI field office in Ohio on Thursday, then fled and was injured in an exchange of gunfire in a standoff with law enforcement, authorities said. (Courtesy WKEF/WRGT via AP) The area near Center and Smith roads was closed for hours during a standoff Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022, in Clinton County, Ohio, after an armed man tried to breach the FBI's Cincinnati office and fled north on te highway. (Nick Graham/Dayton Daily News via AP) The area near Center and Smith roads was closed for hours during a standoff Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022, in Clinton County, Ohio, after an armed man tried to breach the FBI's Cincinnati office and fled north on the highway. (Nick Graham/Dayton Daily News via AP) In this image taken from FOX19 Cincinnati video, FBI officials gather outside the FBI building in Cincinnati, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. An armed man decked out in body armor tried to breach a security screening area at the FBI field office in Ohio on Thursday, then fled and exchanged gunfire in a standoff with law enforcement, authorities said. (FOX19 Cincinnati via AP) The entrance to the FBI headquarters in Cincinnati is shown Thursday, August 11, 2022. An armed man decked out in body armor tried to breach a security screening area at an FBI field office in Ohio on Thursday, then fled and exchanged gunfire in a standoff with law enforcement, authorities said. (Liz Dufour/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP)
Suspect who tried to breach FBI office dies in standoff