FBI shoots Chechen dead in Florida, man questioned over links to Boston bombers
A Chechen man was shot dead at his home in Orlando, Florida when an interview with law enforcers regarding his ties to the Boston marathon bombing suspects and his role in a related 2011 triple murder in Massachusetts reportedly turned violent.
The shooting transpired just after midnight in an Orlando apartment complex while law enforcers, including an FBI special agent and two Massachusetts State Police troopers, were interviewing Ibragim Todashev, 27.
Todashev was killed while allegedly brandishing a knife, USA Today cites a law enforcement source as saying on condition of anonymity.
FBI spokesman Paul Bresson said in a statement the agent had acted on an “imminent threat” and shot the interview subject. The man being questioned was killed and the FBI agent was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
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