US media reported Friday that an armed man who fled after attempting to break into an FBI office in Ohio posted a “call to arms” on Donald Trump’s truth social platform after federal agents searched the former president’s home. Was searched.
An account named suspect Ricky Schiffer, 42, identified by Ohio officials Friday, contained multiple posts of violent anger, including his failed plan to attack. FBIAccording to screen shots of the profile, several US outlets reported.
“This is your call to arms,” posted an account named Schiffer true social,
“I’m proposing war,” the account posted, urging “patriots” to kill federal agents a day later Trump’s The Florida residence was searched by the Federal Bureau of Investigation—a move that sparked outrage in right-wing circles.
Shortly before it was removed from the social media platform, on Thursday the same account surfaced for admitting to an attempt to raid FBI offices in the midwestern state of Ohio.
The FBI said Thursday that a man armed with a weapon tried to enter the bureau’s office in downtown Cincinnati.
According to local media, the man fired a nail gun and showed off an AR-15-style rifle before escaping from the car.
“Well, I thought I had a way through bullet proof glass, and I didn’t. If you don’t hear from me, it’s true that I tried to attack the FBI, and its That would mean either I was taken off the internet, the FBI caught me, or they sent the regular police,” read a post, which appears to end mid-sentence and as per the report shared Thursday morning. went.
The incident garnered nationwide attention as it occurred just days after the FBI search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago mansion, although there was no immediate confirmation that the incidents are linked.
The suspect was killed in a standoff with police in Ohio after a vehicle chase and an exchange of gunfire, officials said.