On Tuesday, cameras caught Abdulbaki Todashev visiting with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) here in Tampa. Todashev flew in Monday from Russia to try to get answers about his Chechen son’s death.
Back in May, Ibragim Todashev, 27, was gunned down in his Orlando home during an FBI interrogation. He was reportedly being questioned about his friendship with the eldest Boston bombing suspect, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, and his possible involvement in an unsolved triple homicide that happened in Massachusetts back in 2011.
Earlier reports suggested that Todashev became violent during the interrogation which led one of the officials in the room to shoot him to death. But months later, the details surrounding what happened in that living room are still unclear.
According to TIME.com, Todashev is planning to sue the FBI for his son’s wrongful death.
When ABC Action News reached out to the FBI for comment a spokesman released the following statement:
The FBI continues to conduct a review of the May 22, 2013 shooting of Ibragim Todashev, 27, which occurred at Todashev’s residence, at 6022 Peregrine Avenue, Orlando, Florida. The FBI’s shooting incident review has interviewed witnesses and gathered information regarding the shooting incident for presentation to a Shooting Incident Review Group (SIRG), which consists of members from the FBI and the Department of Justice. The SIRG examines all of the information and determines the reasonableness of the application of deadly force in accordance with the Department of Justice’s deadly force policy and the law. While this internal review process is occurring, we cannot comment regarding investigative details. The SIRG meets approximately every quarter to review pending incidents before an official ruling is made. To my knowledge, the SIRG hasn’t met since the incident occurred.
The FBI takes very seriously any shooting incident. Both the FBI and the United States Department of Justice have an effective, time-tested process for addressing them independently to arrive at the facts. The review process is thorough and objective and conducted as expeditiously as possible under the circumstances.