The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Boston field office released a brief statement regarding reports an FBI agent shot and killed a man in Florida who was being questioned in conjunction with the Boston Marathon bombing investigation Wednesday morning:
“The FBI is currently reviewing a shooting incident involving an FBI Special Agent. Based on preliminary information, the incident occurred in Orlando, Florida during the early morning hours of 5/22/2013. The agent, two Massachusetts State Police troopers, and other law enforcement personnel were interviewing an individual in connection with the Boston Marathon bombing investigation when a violent confrontation was initiated by the individual. During the confrontation, the individual was killed and the agent sustained non-life threatening injuries. As this incident is under review, we have no further details at this time.”
Though the FBI confirmed the man was killed it did not identify him by name. Multiple media outlets including ABC News and the Orlando Sentinel have reported he was a man named Ibragim Todashev who knew deceased bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev through MMA fighting. NBC News and ABC News have also reported the FBI agent was the one who shot Todashev.
(Updated 11:19 AM)