Cincinnati shooting suspect Ricky Schieffer was shot by police on the side of an interstate freeway just hours after he tried to break into a visitor’s entrance to an FBI office in the city. The 42-year-old, from Columbus, Ohio, fled the scene of the attempted attack on Thursday morning before a standoff and shootout broke out hours later. The FBI confirmed his death at 3:45 p.m. after a shootout. Officials are investigating Shiffer’s ties to the U.S. Capitol insurgency and right-wing extremism after he appeared to claim he was in Washington on Jan. 6 on Truth Social, a pro-Trump social media site. Federal agents were already looking into Siefer’s ties to the Capitol attack before the FBI confrontation, the New York Times reported. Schieffer also appeared to support former US President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of a stolen 2020 election and responded to social media posts by pro-Trump figures such as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green and Donald Trump Jr. On Tuesday, the FBI raided Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida as part of an investigation into the mishandling of White House documents, angering his supporters. The raid was mentioned in Shiffer’s social media posts this week.
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Schiffer suspected of being a ‘domestic violence extremist’
Ricky Schieffer is considered a “suspected domestic violence extremist” by investigators, law enforcement officials said Friday. An official told ABC News that Schieffer is being investigated as a “suspected violent extremist” and that his social media history was under investigation after Thursday’s attack on an FBI office. The report cited his social media posts on Twitter and Truth Social, the platform created by Donald Trump after he left office.
Ohio FBI suspect is considered a possible “violent extremist,” report says
The suspect’s social media posts are being reviewed by law enforcement Gino Spocchia 13 August 2022 19:00 1660406400
Schiffer had an “anger issue,” old acquaintances say
After officials identified Ricky Schieffer of Ohio as the man who attacked an FBI office in Cincinnati on Thursday, those who knew the gunman, who was killed by police, began sharing their memories. Ian McConnell was Shiffer’s neighbor at the Greystone Apartments complex in Columbus, Ohio, where Shiffer lived between 2017 and 2020. Shiffer was slightly curious, but did not raise the alarm, Mr. McConnell told the Cincinnati Enquirer. “We knew he was kind of frustrated,” McConnell said. “He had a little anger issue about his car, but who doesn’t?” The former neighbor said he was shocked to learn what happened to Schieffer, who moved away from Columbus with stated aspirations to live out West. “It was a shock to us that it ended in Cincinnati,” Mr. McConnell said. “I’m afraid this is coming two years too late and Ricky was picked on by the wrong crowd.” Josh Marcus August 13, 2022 5:00 p.m 1660399200
What we know about Shiffer’s military experience
Ricky Schieffer, the Ohio man who was killed in a gunfight with police Thursday after an attack on an FBI field office in Cincinnati, was an Army veteran. The 42-year-old served in the Navy on a nuclear submarine and later in the National Guard, Military.com reports. Schieffer was in the Navy between 1998 and 2003, serving as a fire control technician and operating aboard the nuclear-powered USS Columbia in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, without winning awards or decorations. The position meant he was responsible for the systems used to maintain and fire the ship’s advanced weapons.
Ricky Shiffer: Ohio gunman who attacked FBI served in Navy and fought in Iraq
A gunman was shot by police during a standoff on Friday Josh Marcus August 13, 2022 3:00 p.m 1660394881
Siefer had been on the FBI’s radar for months before the attack
Federal officials had been investigating Ricky Schieffer for months, long before the Ohio gunman attacked an FBI office in Cincinnati on Thursday and was killed in a shootout with police. Officials were looking into whether Schieffer was involved in the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol or was affiliated with extremist groups there, the New York Times reported. A neighbor told the Times that federal agents had shown up at their apartment complex and were asking questions. Social media accounts that appear to belong to Shiffer have been posted about their presence at the January 6 riot. Josh Marcus August 13, 2022 1:48 p.m 1660394856
Siefer had been on the FBI’s radar for months before the attack
Federal officials had been investigating Ricky Schieffer for months, long before the Ohio gunman attacked an FBI office in Cincinnati on Thursday and was killed in a shootout with police. Officials were looking into whether Schieffer was involved in the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol or was affiliated with extremist groups there, the New York Times reported. A neighbor told the Times that federal agents had shown up at their apartment complex and were asking questions. Social media accounts that appear to belong to Shiffer have been posted about their presence at the January 6 riot. Josh Marcus August 13, 2022 1:47 p.m 1660377600
What was the FBI looking for in the Trump raid that angered Ricky Schieffer?
Ohio gunman Ricky Schiffer appears to have been inspired to act after the FBI searched Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence for evidence in an investigation into the White House’s handling of government documents. Here’s Andrew Feinberg’s report on what the FBI uncovered in the investigation. Josh Marcus 13 August 2022 09:00 1660373974
ICYMI: What we know about Ricky Shiffer
Officers shot and killed an Ohio man named Ricky Shiffer Thursday afternoon after the 42-year-old allegedly attacked an FBI field office in Cincinnati armed with a nail gun and a handgun. Shiffer, who lived in Columbus, Ohio, according to public records obtained by the Daily Beasthe allegedly left a series of violent comments on social media in the months leading up to the attack. Here’s everything we know about Ricky Shiffer.
Who is Ricky Shiffer, the man who broke into the FBI office and published Trump conspiracies?
The gunman appears to have left a trail of violent messages online Josh Marcus 13 August 2022 07:59 1660370434
The GOP attack on the FBI shows no signs of stopping
Republicans in Congress who are counting on Donald Trump to excite voters in the fall elections are not only defending the former president against the FBI’s investigation of his Mar-a-Lago home, they are capitalizing on it politically with serious and potentially dangerous rhetoric against justice of the nation. System. The party that once championed law and order has dramatically reversed course, antagonizing the FBI and capitalizing on political protests and far-right conspiracies that fueled the deadly January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol. It’s all part of the GOP’s strategy to capitalize on voter anger over the unprecedented search, which began quickly and arguably as Trump hosted a dozen Republicans for a steak-and-scallop dinner at his private Bedminster club the day after the FBI raid. .
GOP Backs Trump, Escalates Dark Rhetoric After FBI Investigation
Republicans in Congress aren’t the only ones defending Donald Trump against FBI probe of his Mar-a-Lago home Josh Marcus August 13, 2022 7:00 am 1660366834
Police are investigating Ohio FBI attack’s ties to ‘violent extremist’ groups
Ricky Schiffer, the 42-year-old suspect who attacked an FBI office in Ohio, is being considered a “suspected violent extremist” by investigators, reports say. A law enforcement official told ABC News on Friday that Schieffer is being investigated as a “suspected domestic violent extremist” and that his social media history was under investigation after Thursday’s attack on an FBI office. Investigators are also looking into whether Shiffer had ties to far-right extremist groups such as the Proud Boys, whose members were accused of participating on Jan. 6, according to the Associated Press. Schiffer appeared to call for the killing of FBI agents “on sight” in posts on Truth Social, the social media platform created by Donald Trump, in the days before the attack, NBC News reported Thursday. Check out Gino Spocchia’s reports.
Ohio FBI suspect is considered a possible “violent extremist,” report says
The suspect’s social media posts are being reviewed by law enforcement Josh Marcus August 13, 2022 6:00 am 1660363234
ICMYI: Ricky Shiffer was a veteran
Ricky Schieffer, the Ohio man who was killed in a gunfight with police Thursday after an attack on an FBI office in Cincinnati, was an Army veteran. The 42-year-old served in the Navy on a nuclear submarine and later in the National Guard, Military.com reports. The Ohio man enlisted in the Navy right out of high school, the Washington Post reports. Shiffer grew up on a small family farm in Perry County, Pennsylvania, near the Susquehanna River, the oldest of four siblings. More details can be found in our full report.
Ricky Shiffer: Ohio gunman who attacked FBI served in Navy and fought in Iraq
A gunman was shot by police during a standoff on Friday Josh Marcus August 13, 2022 5:00 am
