Prosecutor Clears FBI Agent Who Shot Suspect In Boston Marathon Bombing

Police guard the apartment building where the sister of the Boston marathon bombing suspects is believed to live, Friday, April 19, 2013, in West New York, N.J. Federal investigators had removed items from the house ... Police guard the apartment building where the sister of the Boston marathon bombing suspects is believed to live, Friday, April 19, 2013, in West New York, N.J. Federal investigators had removed items from the house earlier in the day, although there is no indication that the sister was involved in the bombing. MORE LESS
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A Florida prosecutor on Friday cleared the FBI agent who shot and killed a Chechen man connected to Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the brothers accused of bombing the Boston Marathon last year, the Washington Post reported.

According to the FBI, Ibragim Todashev, a friend of the Tsarnaevs, attacked the agent with a metal pole during a May 22 interview in Orlando, which then prompted the agent to use deadly force in self-defense. The FBI had already cleared the agent from any wrongdoing “several months ago,” according to the Post.

The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division is also conducting an investigation into the incident.

UPDATE: The state attorney in Florida, Jeff Ashton, is denying the Post’s report.

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