A man who was fatally shot by an FBI agent late Tuesday in Florida knew one of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings, a friend of the victim said Wednesday.
MyFoxOrlando.com reports that the unidentified agent encountered the man while conducting official duties, according to a statement by FBI Agent Dave Couvertier.
A man at the scene who identified himself as a friend of the victim said the man knew Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the 26-year-old man suspected in the April 15 bombings that killed three and injured more than 260.
Khusen Taramov said he and his friend had no connection with the Boston bombings, but the FBI had been questioning them since then.
"He used to talk on the phone with him [Tsarnaev]," Taramov said of his friend. "They talked last time a month ago. After bombing, I couldn't believe it," he said.
"The FBI kept asking, 'What's the connection?' But there is no connection ... no connection."
Taramov said the victim had planned to return to Chechnya, but canceled his tickets.
"Me and him and my friends we knew this was going to happen. That's why he wanted to leave the country," Taramov said. "But he canceled the tickets. The FBI's been pushing him, 'Don't leave, don't leave.' So he decided to stay.”
The FBI had questioned Taramov earlier Tuesday but was allowed to leave, Taramov said. When he came back, he found out his friend had been shot dead, he said.
"The FBI knows what happened," Taramov said.
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