In a post on X, FBI spokesperson Ben Williamson denied that Patel had delayed the shooting response, calling the claims “ridiculous.” He wrote that the FBI Boston was on the scene in less than two hours and that because the case was initially “a State-led homicide investigation,” it did not fall instantly under FBI purview.

FBI agents and hazardous materials teams descended on a gated residential community in Irvine on Wednesday night, performing a raid on a single-family home and carefully removing chemicals found inside.

FBI officials are investigating "suspicious materials" that were found at a home in a gated community in Irvine earlier this week.