Man shot dead after allegedly trying to breach FBI office appears to have written furious Truth Social posts calling for violence after Mar-a-Lago raid

• The suspect who tried to breach an Ohio FBI building was identified as Ricky Shiffer.
• Shiffer appears to have posted angrily on Donald Trump's Truth Social network.

The suspect who tried to force entry to an FBI field office was identified by media outlets not long after he was killed by police.

The man, named by the Associated Press and NBC News as 42-year-old Ricky Shiffer, appears to have been a prolific user of former President Donald Trump's Truth Social network, where he posted angry messages about the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago.

The suspect was shot dead was shot dead by police after a stand-off on Thursday, prompted by his attempt to get in to the FBI's field office in Cincinnati.

Ahead of the attack, an account bearing Shiffer's name posted in response to news of the Mar-a-Lago raid, explicitly calling for violent protest and to kill federal agents.

—Travis View (@travis_view) August 11, 2022

A later message appeared to be posted after one failed attempt to reach the FBI office, saying he would try again and raising the prospect that he would be stopped.

—Marc-André Argentino (@_MAArgentino) August 11, 2022

"If you don't hear from me, it is true I tried attacking the F.B.I., and it'll mean either I was taken off the internet, the F.B.I. got me, or they sent the regular cops while," said one post.

Shiffer's posts came as Trump and his allies were raging against the FBI for the raid at Mar-a-Lago. Some, like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, went as far as calling for the agency to be shut down.

More obscure Trump supporters called explicitly for a civil war, as Insider's Camila DeChalus reported. Shiffer's posts also referred to war.

On Wednesday, the same day as the attack in Cincinnati, FBI director Chris Wray decried an increase in threats against law enforcement.

Investigators told The New York Times that they were probing whether Schiffer had ties to extremist groups, including one involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

Officials told the Associated Press he was being investigated for possible ties with the Proud Boys far-right group, and that he may have taken part in the riot.

In a post on Facebook Schiffer had apparently posted a picture of himself at a pro-Trump rally in Washington, DC, on the eve of the riot, and in a Twitter post had alluded to being present at the riot, reported The Times.

He was not charged with any crimes in relation with the riot.

The FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider.