FBI brokers have shot and killed a person suspected of threatening US President Joe Biden.

The brokers have been finishing up a search warrant in Provo, simply south of Salt Lake City, Utah, when the capturing occurred at 6.15am native time on Wednesday (1.15pm UK time), federal officers stated.

The president was scheduled to reach in Utah simply hours after the raid and capturing.

The suspect had allegedly made threats in opposition to public figures together with Mr Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

The suspect has been recognized as Craig Deleeuw Robertson.

He had allegedly posted on-line on Monday that he had heard Mr Biden was coming to Utah and he was planning to dig out a camouflage swimsuit and "clean the dust off the m24 sniper rifle".

The posts indicated he did seem to personal a long-range sniper rifle and quite a few different weapons, in addition to camouflage gear generally known as a "ghillie suit", investigators stated in courtroom information.

Robertson additionally referenced a "presidential assassination" and made different threats in opposition to US Attorney General Merrick Garland and New York Attorney General Letitia James, courtroom paperwork state.

"The time is right for a presidential assassination or two. First Joe then Kamala!!!" authorities say Robertson wrote in a September 2022 Facebook submit included within the filings.

In one other submit, Robertson refers to himself as a "MAGA Trumper".

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No additional particulars have been instantly launched concerning the capturing, which is underneath assessment by the FBI.

Mr Biden is in the course of a visit to the western US.

He spent right now in New Mexico, the place he spoke at a manufacturing facility that can produce wind towers, and is scheduled to fly to Utah in a while.

On Thursday, he's anticipated to go to a veterans affairs hospital to speak concerning the Pact Act, which expanded veterans advantages, and maintain a re-election fundraiser.

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