FBI provides update in death of Larry Hogan’s former chief of staff
Misty Severi
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The FBI provided an update on Tuesday on the FBI-involved shooting that resulted in the death of former Gov. Larry Hogan’s onetime chief of staff, claiming it would “carefully examine the circumstances of the shooting.”
Roy McGrath, who was declared a fugitive last month after missing a court date, was killed during an arrest by the FBI in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Monday night. It is unclear if McGrath died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound or if he was shot by an agent.
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“The FBI reviews every shooting incident involving an FBI special agent,” the FBI said in a statement to the Washington Examiner. “The review will carefully examine the circumstances of the shooting, and collect all relevant evidence from the scene. As the review remains ongoing, I cannot further comment at this time, only to comment Mr. McGrath was transported to the hospital last evening and succumbed to his injuries.”
McGrath was found in Tennessee amid a federal manhunt after he failed to appear in federal court in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 13. McGrath faced an eight-count federal indictment with charges including wire fraud. He is being accused of securing a $233,648 severance payment equal to one year of salary as the head of the Maryland Environmental Service and faces fraud and embezzlement charges for roughly $170,000 in expenses.
“The FBI has confirmed that Roy succumbed to the injuries inflicted earlier this evening,” attorney Joseph Murtha said in a statement on Monday. “It is a tragic ending to the past three weeks of uncertainty. It is important for me to stress that Roy never wavered about his innocence.”
The arrest happened days after Hogan expressed his support for the FBI and the United States Marshals Service to track down McGrath.
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McGrath had served as Hogan’s chief of staff for less than three months and resigned after he was indicted in 2021 for allegations that he had misled officials to obtain the large severance package from the Maryland Environmental Service, where he served as executive director prior to his time on Hogan’s staff.
McGrath’s resignation amid the allegations was part of a disintegration in the relationship between the two men. The disintegration was the fault of Hogan, according to a new e-book Betrayed: The True Story of Roy McGrath, which was released a week after McGrath’s disappearance. The book depicts McGrath as a man who “worked hard” and “had no record of any wrongdoing in his lifetime,” according to the Washington Post.