PROVO, Utah — A suspect shot and killed by FBI agents early Wednesday in Provo was connected to alleged threats against President Joe Biden and other public officials.
WATCH: Who was Craig Robertson, man accused of threatening Biden?
The FBI says its agents were attempting to serve arrest and search warrants in Provo when they shot and killed a suspect, now identified as 75-year-old Craig Deleeuw Robertson, at around 6:15 a.m.
WATCH: Video captured by neighbor shows FBI encounter with Robertson
Documents filed in U.S. District Court on Tuesday allege Robertson threatened to "inflict bodily harm" on Biden during his visit to Utah in a social media message sent on or about Aug. 7.
"I hear Biden is coming to Utah. Digging out my old Ghille suit and cleaning the dust off the M24 sniper rifle," Robertson allegedly wrote.
Photos attached with the charging documents purportedly depict Robertson in such a getup with a rifle in 2009. The images, which were also viewed by FOX 13 News on his Facebook page, were titled "hiding in plain sight" and him hiding while some people with an RV were nearby.
President Biden is scheduled to arrive in Salt Lake City on Wednesday afternoon for an overnight stay and a speech and political fundraiser on Thursday.
In March, Robertson had also claimed he was heading to New York to kill New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who was overseeing the criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump.
"I’ll be waiting in the courthouse parking garage with my suppressed Smith & Wesson M&P 9mm to smoke a radical fool prosecutor that should never have been elected," he posted. "BYE, BYE, TO ANOTHER CORRUPT B______!!!”
While conducting surveillance on Robertson's home on March 19, a special agent attempted to speak with Robertson about his posts, to which Robertson replied, "I said it was a dream!"
Robertson then told the agent that they shouldn't return without a warrant.
"We woke up, there was just a lot of shouting," said Jon Michael Ossola, a neighbor, on Wednesday. "A lot of just loud bangs because they were trying to get him to wake up, go and and like get him out of his house."
Pictures provided to FOX 13 News by neighbors show federal agents gathered around a body in the driveway of Robertson's home with a sheet draped over it.
"They pulled him out there on the driveway, some people looked like they were attending to him. It was clear he was gone," said Ossola.
A man who described himself as a friend of Robertson for more than 40 years told FOX 13 News that he was shocked by what happened.
"He would do anything to help anyone. He’s an amazing guy. He was strong in the church, just a very... loving guy. We’ve been brothers for years," Steve Terry told FOX 13 News.
Terry said he could not believe what transpired.
"The things they’ve been saying about him on the news is not correct. Craig would do anything to help people," he said.
Asked by FOX 13 News about Robertson's social media posts, Terry acknowledged he had seen them and acknowledged his friend had "issues" with the government.
"You know, he’d say these things but I had no idea he’d carry it out to this extreme," Terry said.
According to the FBI, the special agents had gone to Robertson's residence Wednesday to serve him warrants when an incident occurred that led to the shooting.
FBI officials have not released information on what sparked the incident, which is now under review by the department's Inspection Division.
"The FBI takes all shooting incidents involving our agents or task force members seriously," the FBI said.
