Ohio State Police have identified a man who tried to break into the FBI building in Cincinnati with a weapon, reports The New York Times..

He is 42-year-old Ricky Schiffer. NYT and NBC News say man shot dead during arrest appears to have extreme right-wing views.

A man with the same name used Truth Social, a platform created by former President Donald Trump. Schiffer's posts about the attack and others that expressed extremist views were deleted shortly after police told reporters that the suspect had been killed..

NBC News, citing two unnamed officials familiar with the case, reported that the suspect was also at the US Capitol building in Washington during the attack by Trump supporters on January 6, 2021..

The New York Times, citing two law enforcement officials, said investigators were looking into whether Schiffer had ties to extremist groups..

The FBI has been targeted online after agents ransacked Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate as part of an investigation into documents Trump took with him when he left the White House in January 2021..