The FBI also fired during the encounter, a law enforcement document says, and it is unclear whether the self-inflicted wound or law enforcement gunfire killed McGrath.
McGrath had been a fugitive for 21 days and a manhunt started after he didn’t appear at a federal court in Baltimore last month.in the area of Knoxville, Tenn., according to his lawyer.
In a statement Monday night, the FBI said it was “reviewing an agent-involved shooting” that happened around 6:30 p.m. Officials said during his arrest, McGrath, sustained injury and was transported to the hospital. The statement went on, “the FBI takes all shooting incidents involving our agents or task force members seriously.”Hogan was on the prosecution’s witness list for a trial expected to last several weeks.
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