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NBC: FBI Agent Kills Man Connected To Boston Bombing Suspects

This combination of undated photos shows Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, left, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19. The FBI says the two brothers and suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing killed an MIT police officer, injured a trans... This combination of undated photos shows Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, left, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19. The FBI says the two brothers and suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing killed an MIT police officer, injured a transit officer in a firefight and threw explosive devices at police during a getaway attempt in a long night of violence that left Tamerlan dead and Dzhokhar still at large on Friday, April 19, 2013. The ethnic Chechen brothers lived in Dagestan, which borders the Chechnya region in southern Russia. They lived near Boston and had been in the U.S. for about a decade, one of their uncles reported said. (AP Photo/The Lowell Sun & Robin Young) MORE LESS
By Tom Kludt
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May 22, 2013 4:05 a.m.
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An FBI agent overnight reportedly killed a Florida man who had been interviewed for his connections with the two alleged Boston Marathon bombers, according to a report published Wednesday by NBC News.

The victim, Ibragim Todashev, had been interviewed by FBI officials for his association with Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, NBC reported.

In a statement provided to NBC, FBI Special Agent Dave Couvertier said that the shootout took place in Orlando, Fla. 

 

Update: ABC News reported that “aggressive movement” led to the shooting, which came after the FBI had been questioning Todashev.

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