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Florida Man Shot by FBI Linked to Boston Bombing Suspects?

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052213 IbragimTodashev?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1369236463874Orange County Sheriff’s Dept(ORLANDO, Fla.) — An Orlando man being questioned by the FBI about his relationship with the accused Boston bombers was shot and killed early Wednesday in a “violent confrontation” with authorities, the FBI said.

The man, identified as Ibragim Todashev, was being interviewed by a special agent of the FBI “in connection with the Boston Marathon bombing investigation when a violent confrontation was initiated by the subject,” the Bureau said in a statement.

“During the confrontation, the individual was killed and the agent sustained non-life threatening injuries,” the FBI said, adding that the incident was under review.

The man killed by the FBI may have lived at one time in Boston, a law enforcement official told ABC News, adding that Wednesday’s shooting came as a surprise during a cooperative interview.

A man identifying himself as a friend of Todashev’s told ABC News’ Orlando affiliate WFTV that Todashev was an acquaintance of Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the brothers suspected of setting off a pair of bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15, killing three and injuring more than 260 others.

Tamerlan was killed in a shootout with police days after the bombing, while Dzhokhar was injured and later captured.

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