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The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

FBI’s killing of Utah man prompts questions from neighbors

Law enforcement investigate the scene of a shooting involving the FBI in Provo, Utah, 9 August.
Law enforcement investigate the scene of a shooting involving the FBI in Provo, Utah, 9 August. Photograph: Laura Seitz/AP

A clearer picture is emerging of the 75-year-old Utah man shot dead by the FBI after they tried to serve a search warrant hours before Joe Biden arrived in the state on a re-election campaign swing.

But questions are also being asked as to whether Craig Robertson was a “credible threat”, as the FBI claims, or as neighbors in Provo, Utah, have described to local media as a man harboring anti-government views who walked with a cane and liked to bluster and tell big stories, especially on social media.

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