Agents fatally shoot Utah man accused of threatening president, lawmakers

JERSEY, ALECIA REID. CBS2 NEWS. >>> FEDERAL AGENTS SHOT AND KILLED A MAN IN UTAH TODAY WHO HAD MADE ONLINE THREATS AGAINST PRESIDENT BIDEN. MANHATTAN D.A. ALVIN BRAGG AND OTHERS. CBS2 INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER TIM McNICHOLAS HAS THE LATEST. >> Reporter: JUST HOURS BEFORE PRESIDENT BIDEN ARRIVED IN UTAH WEDNESDAY, UTAH FBI AGENTS SAY THEY TRIED TO ARREST CRAIG ROBERTSON, WHO POSTED ONLINE A FEW DAYS AGO THAT HE WOULD BE CLEANING THE DUST OFF THE HIM 24 SNIPER RIFLE AHEAD OF BIDEN'S VISIT. A WITNESS DESCRIBED THE MOMENTS BEFORE FEDERAL AGENTS SHOT AND KILLED ROBERTSON IN THIS PROVO, UTAH NEIGHBORHOOD. >> HE KEPT SHOUTING TOO. I HAVEN'T BROKEN ANY FEDERAL LAWS. HE WAS CLEARLY THERE. HEARD A LOT OF LOUD BANGS. >> Reporter: THE FBI HAD BEEN INVESTIGATING ROBERTSON FOR FIVE MONTHS FOR ALLEGEDLY POSTING VIOLENT THREATS AGAINST GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY ALVIN BRAGG, NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES , AND U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE POSTED ON TRUTH SOCIAL IN MARCH THAT HE WAS HEADING TO NEW YORK TO FULFILL A DREAM OF KILLING. INVESTIGATORS HAVE NOT SAID EXACTLY WHAT LED THEM TO SHOOT ROBERTSON , BUT FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY HE POSTED ONLINE

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Published: Thu Aug 10 2023