A driver rammed a car into a gate of the FBI’s Pittsburgh office early Wednesday before walking away “like nothing happened” — in what the agency is treating as “an act of terror.”
The white Toyota — covered in profane messages — was plowed into the back entrance gate of the building on the Steel City’s south side around 2:40 a.m., with the driver getting out and hurling an American flag over the fence while shouting incoherently, according to CBS News.
Authorities said they were hunting Donald Henson, a former military man with a history of mental health issues.
“We look at this as an act of terror against the FBI,” said FBI Pittsburgh Assistant Special Agent In Charge Christopher Giordano said.
“This was a targeted attack on this building.”
Nakeisha Brown, who works nearby, told WTAE she heard screeching tires and saw the suspect yelling before he left the scene.
“He got out and went around the passenger side and pulled something out of the passenger side,” she said. “I thought it was a gun but it happened to be a flag and he just set it on that fence and started yelling out some words and just took off.”
“He just walked away like nothing happened,” said another nearby worker, Idez Columbie.
The car appeared to have some profanity-laced messages on one of its side windows, Giordano said, without elaborating on what was written.
Nobody was hurt during the incident, the FBI said.
A bomb squad was called and the white Toyota searched by authorities outside of the gate.
A manhunt is now underway for Hanson, of Penn Hills, who does not appear to be armed but has a history of mental health issues, the FBI said.
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