Around 4:30 p.m. in the parking lot of a Texas Roadhouse in Madison Heights, FBI agents were trying to arrest Eric Mark-Matthew Allport on federal weapons charges. They exchanged gunfire, and agents shot and killed him, and an agent was wounded.
Agency: U.S. Federeal Bureau of Investigation
Motive: Warrant (arrest-federal weapons charges)
Confrontation Type: Other Non-Violent Offense
Service Call: No
Body Camera: No
Official Disposition: Pending investigation
Victim Name: Eric Marc-Matthew Allport
Death Date: October 2, 2020
County: Oakland
Geography: Suburban
Gender: Male
Age: 43
Race: White
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Criminal Charges: No known charges
Mental Illness: No
Armed: Allegedly Armed
Weapon: Gun
Threat Level: attack
Washington Post Database ID: 6392