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Shooting of Florida Man Being Questioned in Boston Marathon Bombing Was Justified: Prosecutor

The full report will be made public Tuesday.

By John Waller

A Florida prosecutor has determined that an FBI agent was justified when he used deadly force against Ibraghim Todashev, a Chechen man linked to the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, according to the Washington Post.

Florida state prosecutor Jeffrey Ashton’s full independent report is expected to be released Tuesday.

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An FBI agent, who has not been identified by authorities, shot Todashev seven times, killing him on May 22, 2013. The FBI has said that the 27-year-old mixed-martial arts fighter attacked the agent with a metal pole during questioning in his Orlando apartment.

According to the FBI, prior to being killed, Todashev implicated himself and Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, also now deceased, in a 2011 triple homicide in Waltham, Mass.

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In 2011, Raphael Teken, 37, Erik Weissman, 31 and Brendan Mess, 25, were found murdered in an apartment, ABC News reported. A Waltham investigator told ABC the crime scene was "the worst bloodbath I have ever seen in a long law enforcement career."

The FBI had previously cleared the agent. The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division is finishing its own investigation, according to the Washington Post.


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