(CNN) Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s one-time chief of staff Roy McGrath died after a nationwide manhunt for him ended Monday in a confrontation with the FBI in Knoxville, Tennessee, according to McGrath’s attorney.
“The FBI has confirmed that Roy died of injuries inflicted earlier in the evening. This is a tragic end to three weeks of uncertainty,” Attorney Joseph Murtha told CNN in a statement. “I think it’s important to emphasize that Roy never denied his innocence.”
William Brennan, an attorney for McGrath’s wife, also confirmed that McGrath died at a Tennessee hospital after a “confrontation with the FBI” and told CNN that his client was “absolutely distraught.”
Neither attorney could provide any additional details about the circumstances surrounding McGrath’s death.
The FBI said in a statement earlier Monday that it was “investigating an agent-involved shooting that occurred at approximately 6:30 p.m. on Monday, April 3, 2023. hospital.”
The bureau, the statement said, “takes seriously all shooting incidents involving our agents or task force members. In accordance with FBI policy, shooting incidents are investigated by the FBI’s Inspection Division.”
The bureau did not provide any additional details on the arrest.
CNN previously reported that McGrath, who served as a top aide to Hogan, a Republican, for several months in the summer of 2020, faces charges related to an alleged scheme to get Maryland from over $276,000. McGrath pleaded not guilty to all charges and was released on bond, the US Marshals Service said in a statement last month.
An arrest warrant was issued for him in March after he failed to appear for his scheduled trial in Baltimore.
McGrath was indicted by a federal grand jury in October 2021 on charges that he defrauded the Maryland Environmental Service, a state-run corporation where he served as executive director before joining Hogan’s office, of a $ 233,647.23 in severance payments by “falsely telling them that the Governor was aware of and approved the payment,” according to the Justice Department.
The indictment also alleges that McGrath directed MES funds to an art museum where he was a member of the board of directors to avoid paying a promise out of his own pocket, tricking MES into paying for tuition costs of more than $ 14,000. and falsified time sheets for two vacations.
McGrath was initially charged with wire fraud and embezzlement from an organization that received more than $10,000 in federal benefits, and a superseding indictment returned in June 2022 also accused him of falsifying records. At the state level, he faces charges of felony theft and a violation of the state’s wiretap law, the Justice Department said.
The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to McGrath’s arrest.
This article and story has been updated with additional developments.
CNN’s Shawna Mizelle contributed to this report.
