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Charges filed against suspect in killing of officer at federal building in Terre Haute
Greg Ferency served the Terre Haute Police Department for 30 years and was also assigned to an FBI task force. Author: WTHR.com staff Updated: 6:39 PM EDT July 9, 2021
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Charges have been filed against the suspect in the ambush and killing of officer Greg Ferency. Ferency was shot at a federal building in Terre Haute Wednesday, July 7 and died from his injuries.
According to court documents, Shane Meehan, 44, is charged with the murder of a federal agent. If convicted, Meehan faces up to life in prison.
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Federal prosecutors said Shane Meehan pulled up to the FBI Indianapolis Resident Agency building and threw a Molotov cocktail about 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday. When Terre Haute Det. Greg Ferency walked out, Meehan shot him. Ferency returned fire during the attack, but was taken to a hospital where he later died.
During the chaos, an unidentified FBI agent also responded, Fox reported.
“An agent inside our office heard the gunshots, came outside and engaged the suspect and fired at him,” said FBI Special Agent Paul Keenan.
Although Meehan was struck by returning gunfire, it’s unclear if he was shot by Ferency or the FBI agent. He fled and drove himself to Vigo County Regional Hospital and underwent surgery for his gunshot wounds, according to the DOJ press statement.
The complaint gives no possible motive for the Wednesday afternoon attack outside the FBI office in Terre Haute that killed Terre Haute police Detective Greg Ferency, a 30-year department veteran who had been a federal task force officer since 2010.
Meehan ran as an independent candidate for Terre Haute mayor in 2019, the (Terre Haute) Tribune-Star reported. He told the newspaper that he took early retirement from the U.S. Penitentiary at Terre Haute and was running to take the city back to the basics.
He called Terre Haute a poor town (with) a lot of money going out and said we could use a little bit better government in city officials and communications with the general public. Meehan received less than 1% of the general election vote.