FBI Task Force officer shot and killed in ambush by gunman outside federal building

An FBI Task Force Officer and 30-year police department veteran was shot and killed in the line of duty after being ambushed outside an FBI building in Indiana.

An FBI Task Force officer and 30-year police department veteran was shot and killed in the line of duty after being ambushed outside an FBI building in Indiana, police say. The incident occurred at approximately 2:15 p.m. local time, when FBI Task Force officer Greg Ferency was “ambushed and fatally shot” at the FBI Indianapolis Resident Agency in Terre Haute, Indiana, according to a statement from FBI Indianapolis Special Agent Paul Keenan. Ferency had been an FBI Task Force officer since 2010 and was a 30-year veteran of the Terre Haute Police Department. Authorities said another FBI agent was able to shoot the alleged gunman involved in the ambush. The suspect was subsequently taken into police custody and is now receiving medical attention at a local hospital.