An armed suspect threatened the FBI field office in Cincinnati, Ohio on Thursday leading to a pursuit and the closing of two highways, reports say.
According to WLWT, I-71 and State Routes 68, 73, and 380 have been closed down in both direction and Clinton County is on lockdown following the threat at the FBI building. Buildings within a one mile radius of Smith Road and Center Road are also on lockdown and residents in that area are asked to close their doors.
The FBI Cincinnati field office said the armed suspect arrived there around 9AM and attempted to breach the visitor screening facility which triggered the alarm.
When FBI special agents responded the armed man fled leading Ohio State Highway Patrol on a pursuit into Clinton County.
“At approximately 9 AM this morning an armed subject attempted to breach the Visitor Screening Facility at FBI Cincinnati. After an alarm and a response by FBI special agents, the subject fled north onto Interstate 71,” the FBI’s field office in Cincinnati wrote on Twitter.
Clinton County Emergency Management Agency said that police had exchanged gunfire with the suspect who is described as a man in a grey shirt wearing body armour.
