The shooting happened just hours before Biden was expected to arrive in Utah.
In Utah, USA, agents of the federal police, the FBI, have shot dead a man suspected of having published threats against the president Joe Biden on Facebook**.** The shooting happened just hours before Biden was expected to arrive in Utah.
According to the FBI, its agents had an arrest warrant for the suspect’s home, which is located in Provo, near Salt Lake City, the Utah state capital. The shooting happened around 6 am on Wednesday local time. No further details have been given about the case.
According to court documents, the suspect had published threatening messages against Biden on Facebook in September 2022. The messages referred to, among other things, the president’s and vice president’s Horrible Harris to assassination.
In addition, the suspect published messages threatening the Minister of Justice Merrick Garland, New York State Attorney Letitia James and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
AP
The news is updated.