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FBI: Man dies after shooting involving agent in Hilltop neighborhood

The shooting happened in the 500 block of Racine Avenue, just south of Sullivant Avenue, before 10:30 a.m.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A man has died after a shooting involving an FBI agent in the Hilltop neighborhood on Wednesday.

The shooting happened in the 500 block of Racine Avenue, just south of Sullivant Avenue, before 10:30 a.m.

The FBI says agents were at a residence to execute a warrant out of North Carolina for David Orlando Andrade Gomez.

While agents were serving the warrant, shots were fired and Gomez was struck. 

The FBI did not say what prompted agents to fire shots.

Gomez was taken to a hospital where he later died.

A resident said he saw FBI agents fire shots into the residence.

"They were yelling on the bullhorn 'get out of the house, this is the FBI. We have a warrant,'" said the resident, who watched the FBI raid.

The resident said he could see shots fired into the back door of the home. 

Moments later, the resident said he saw paramedics take a person out of the house.

The shooting is under investigation by the FBI's Inspection Division.

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