{"id":2000977,"date":"2023-08-15T08:07:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T12:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-shot-by-fbi-pointed-gun-at-agents-fbi\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T08:09:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T12:09:21","slug":"man-shot-by-fbi-pointed-gun-at-agents-fbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-shot-by-fbi-pointed-gun-at-agents-fbi\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI shoots man who aimed gun at agents."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fman-shot-by-fbi-pointed-gun-at-agents-fbi%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2000977&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Man Shot During FBI\u200b Raid\u200d in\u2062 Utah<\/h2>\n<p>The \u200bman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/man-killed-during-fbi-raid-after-allegedly-threatening-biden-5454796\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shot<\/a> during an FBI-led operation in Utah was pointing a weapon at agents, the bureau claimed on Aug. 14.<\/p>\n<p>Craig Robertson\u2063 &#8220;resisted arrest and as agents attempted to take him into\u2063 custody,\u200c he pointed a .357 revolver at them,&#8221; FBI \u200bspokeswoman Sandra Barker said in an emailed statement.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200cbureau \u200dhas not\u2064 provided any evidence to support the claim. Ms. \u2062Barker declined to say whether there \u200cwas \u200dany photographic or video evidence \u200cshowing Mr. Robertson \u200bpointing a gun at agents.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related\u200b Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/family-of-man-killed-during-fbi-raid-speaks-out-for-first-time-5459281\">Family of Man Killed During FBI Raid Speaks Out for First Time<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span>8\/11\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/man-killed-during-fbi-raid-after-allegedly-threatening-biden-5454796\">Man \u200bKilled During\u2063 FBI\u2062 Raid After \u2062Allegedly Threatening Biden<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span>8\/9\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The family of Mr. Robertson, who was\u200b declared\u200d dead at\u200d the scene, did not return \u200ba request\u200d for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Relatives said in an earlier statement that Mr. Robertson was &#8220;a kind and generous person&#8221; who was suffering\u200b from &#8220;limited mobility.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They did \u200bnot dispute that he threatened President Joe Biden and other officials but said that he was exercising his First Amendment rights and that he &#8220;would never commit any\u2063 act of violence against another human\u2062 being over a political or\u2063 philosophical disagreement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 FBI \u2064has \u200dnot \u2063said whether Mr. \u200cRobertson fired \u200chis \u200bweapon.<\/p>\n<p>A group \u200dof approximately 20 officers and agents\u200c went to Mr. Robertson&#8217;s home in Provo, Utah, on Aug. 9 to serve arrest\u200c and search warrants, according to\u2062 neighbors and the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>The warrants were\u2064 supported by social media posts attributed to Mr. Robertson,\u2063 including posts that suggested Mr. Robertson was\u2063 going\u200d to try to assassinate President Biden\u2062 when he traveled to Salt Lake City and\u200c detailed \u2064plans to murder New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hear Biden is \u200dcoming to Utah. \u2063Digging out my old ghillie suit and cleaning the dust off the M24 sniper rifle.\u200b Welcome, buffoon-in-chief!\u201d one post stated, according\u200b to \u200bcourt documents\u2064 and a \u200breview of the Facebook page before it \u200cwas taken \u200cdown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll \u200bbe waiting in the courthouse\u2063 parking garage with my suppressed \u2064Smith &#038; Wesson\u200c M&#038;P 9mm\u2062 to smoke a radical fool prosecutor that should never have been elected,\u201d he \u2063wrote\u200d in another, regarding Mr. Bragg.<\/p>\n<p>FBI agents visited Mr. Robertson at his\u200c home \u2063earlier this \u2064year and he \u200btold \u200dthem not\u2062 to return\u2063 without a warrant. In another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media post<\/a>, he wrote, &#8220;To my friends in the \u2063Federal Bureau \u2064of Idiots: I know you&#8217;re reading \u2063this\u200c and you have no idea how close your agents\u200c came to &#8216;violent eradication.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Other\u200d posts showed\u2064 Mr. Robertson&#8217;s support for former \u200cPresident Donald Trump,\u2063 his tactical gear,\u200d and his extensive gun collection. Neighbors said he owned approximately \u206220 firearms.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Robertson was \u200ccharged in federal court with several counts, including threatening the president, according to court documents.<\/p>\n<p>The execution of the warrants,\u2064 which started \u200dbefore dawn, saw the officers \u200ctry to compel Mr.\u200c Robertson to exit his home by\u2063 using flash \u200bbangs, Jon Michael Ossola, a neighbor who witnessed the \u200bscene, \u2062told The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Robertson was heard refusing, alleging he had not\u200c committed\u200d any crimes, before gunshots rang\u2062 out at about 6:15 a.m. local time.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:640px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>With a broken window in the background, FBI\u2063 agents process the home of Craig Robertson in Provo, Utah on\u2062 Aug. 9, 2023. (George Frey\/Getty \u2062Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:640px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>FBI agents and other law\u2064 enforcement officers outside the home of Craig Robertson in Provo, Utah on Aug. 9, 2023. (George Frey\/Getty \u2062Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mr. Ossola said he\u200c was not able to see how the shooting transpired.<\/p>\n<p>Katie \u200cMonson, Robertson\u2019s next-door\u200b neighbor, told The Associated \u2062Press that\u200b agents\u200d tried to use a battering ram to enter Mr. Robertson&#8217;s front door. When that did not work, they drove a tactical vehicle onto\u200c his lawn, \u200cnear his front window.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Monson \u200csaid she \u2064heard shots being \u2064fired before officers dragged Mr. Robertson outside the home.<\/p>\n<p>Neighbors said they saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-shot-by-fbi-pointed-gun-at-agents-fbi\/\" title=\"FBI shoots man who aimed gun at agents.\">emergency medical\u200d personnel arrive<\/a> and examine Mr. Robertson but that it looked like he was already \u200cdead.<\/p>\n<p>Family members said they were \u201cshocked\u2063 and devastated \u200bby the senseless and tragic killing of our\u2063 beloved father and brother,\u200d and we fervently mourn the loss of a good and decent\u2063 man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The FBI has said it would investigate the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/update-migrant-killed-after-assaulting-agent-says-arizona-sheriff\/\" title=\"UPDATE: Migrant Killed After Assaulting Agent, Says Arizona Sheriff\">agent-involved shooting<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The FBI takes all shooting incidents involving\u2063 our \u2064agents or task \u200cforce officers seriously,&#8221; Ms. Barker said on <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FBI stated that the man shot in Utah aimed a weapon at agents during their operation. According to FBI spokeswoman Sandra Barker, Craig Robertson resisted arrest and pointed a .357 revolver at them. 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