FBI Houston said a weeklong multi-agency nuclear incident training exercise will include military personnel and aircraft but will not pose a risk to residents of the Texas city.
"A large-scale, multi-agency nuclear incident TRAINING EXERCISE will take place May 1-5 in southeast Houston and Harris County. The training exercise will NOT pose risks to area residents. Please do not be alarmed by training-related activity," FBI Houston tweeted Friday.
More than 30 local, state and federal agencies were said to have taken part in the exercise called"Cobalt Magnet 22" from May 16-22. The FBI public advisory Friday came before the same FBI Houston field office began assisting in the manhunt for a Mexican national accused of murdering five people in Cleveland, Texas. a Mexican national, continued Sunday morning more than 24 hours after he allegedly shot and killed five people, including an 8-year-old boy, in an unincorporated part of San Jacinto County before midnight Friday.
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