FBI kills Florida man with suspected ties to Boston bomb suspect

Investigators outside the Orlando apartment block

Boston bombing investigators have shot dead a man who became violent as they questioned him in Orlando, Florida, FBI officials say.

The shooting took place early on Wednesday as law enforcement personnel interviewed 27-year-old Ibragim Todashev, according to officials.
FBI spokesman Paul Bresson said in a statement an FBI agent shot Todashev because of an "imminent threat".

The FBI agent was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

US media reported that Todashev had known Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the Boston bombings suspect killed in a shootout with police days after last month's deadly marathon blasts.
Source: BBC Posted by Unknown 5/22/2013