BALTIMORE — The FBI on Tuesday was reviewing the circumstances of the fatal shooting of Roy McGrath, a former Maryland governor’s chief of staff turned international fugitive, who died after an encounter with federal agents trying to apprehend him in suburban Tennessee.
Law enforcement agencies in Tennessee on Tuesday directed inquiries to the FBI, which was largely mum on the circumstances that led to McGrath’s fatal shooting the previous night — including whether it was self-inflicted.
The gunfire erupted about 6:30 p.m. Eastern time Monday in a suburban area west of Knoxville surrounded by businesses. Describing the fatal encounter as an “agent-involved shooting” on Monday, the FBI gave no further explanation Tuesday about what happened and would not say whether the fatal gunfire came from federal agents, McGrath or both.
