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picture of the alleged suspect, Ibragim Todashev, was taken from
Mugshots.com, which collected the “Official Record” from a Law
Enforcement agency on 5.04.2013.
The shooting transpired just after midnight in an Orlando apartment complex after a special agent was attacked during an encounter with the suspect, the FBI said. The agency confirmed the suspect was being questioned in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings.
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.
"We are currently responding to a shooting incident involving an FBI special agent. The incident occurred in Orlando Florida. The agent encountered the suspect while conducting official duties. The suspect is deceased. We do not have any further details at this time. We expect to have more information later this morning," said FBI spokesperson Special Agent Dave Couvertier.
Early on Wednesday morning, officials at the FBI headquarter in Washington dispatched a shooting-response unit to Florida to help investigators determine what had occurred.
The FBI has not released the name of the suspect, though friends identified the man who was shot and killed as Ibragim Todashev, 27.
Kushen Taramov, a friend of the suspect, said he and Todashev were interviewed by FBI agents for nearly three hours on Tuesday in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings.
“(The FBI) took me and my friend, the suspect that got killed. They were talking to us, both of us, right? And they said they need him for a little more, for a couple more hours, and I left, and they told me they’re going to bring him back. They never brought him back,” WESH Orlando quoted Taramov as saying.
Taramov said after he concluded the interview, he came back to the apartments to discover there had been a shooting.
The FBI has not confirmed any link between Todashev and the Boston bombings, but Taramov told WKMG Local that the suspect had known Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who died from injuries sustained in a shootout with police days after the Boston Marathon bombing.
“Back when [Todashev] used to live in Boston, they used to hang out -- not hang out -- he knew him. They met a few times because [Todashev] was a MMA fighter and [Tsarnaev] was a boxer. They just knew each other. That’s it.” Taramov said.
A profile posted for an individual identified as Ibragim Todashev on fighttime.ru posts the individuals date of birth as 09-22-1985 and lists his address as Kissimmee, Florida, which is part of the Greater Orlando area. The site lists his record as 1-0, though no profile picture is provided.
Taramov added that Todashev had spoken with Tsarnaev via phone more than a month ago, though he insisted that his friend had no connection with the Boston bombings.
Todashev had reportedly purchased a plane ticket before the bombings occurred last month, but had been strongly advised by agents not to return home.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev .(AFP Photo / Glenn DePriest)
"He felt inside he was going to get shot," Taramov added. "I told him, 'Everything is going to be fine, don't worry about it.' He said, 'I have a really bad feeling.'"
Taramov said he was shocked to first learn that Chechens had been named as suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings, claiming the FBI first started surveiling Todashev after Tsarnaev was identified as a suspect.
According to records from the Orange County Sheriff Office, Taramov had been charged earlier this month with aggravated battery, which entails the infliction of great bodily harm.
The brother of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was arrested in connection with the April 15 Boston bombing, which left three people dead and wounded up to 275. He is currently convalescing in a federal prison hospital in Massachusetts, and has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction. If found guilty, he could face the death penalty.
http://rt.com/usa/chechen-shot-orlando-boston-627/
