FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe

FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Chechen immigrant was shot to death by authorities at his home early today while being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing case, officials said.

Ibragim Todashev, a 27-year-old mixed martial arts fighter, was gunned down after turning violent during a meeting with an FBI agent and two Massachusetts state troopers, authorities said. The agent was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.

The FBI gave no details on what investigators had hoped to learn from Todashev.

Khusn Taramiv, who described himself as a friend of Todashev, told Orlando TV station WESH that Todashev had known one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, from mixed martial arts fighting. Public records also show Todashev lived in Watertown, Mass., just outside Boston, last year.