Former top aide to Maryland governor Larry Hogan, Roy McGrath, died on Monday in a confrontation with the FBI in Knoxville, Tennessee. McGrath had been at the center of a 21-day manhunt after failing to show up to federal court in Baltimore. Authorities had issued wanted posters and offered a $20,000 reward for information on his whereabouts, and the FBI described him as a possible “international flight risk.” McGrath, who faced wire fraud and embezzlement charges, was scheduled to appear in court on March 13 but vanished after his last contact with his lawyer. The FBI stated that the shooting that led to his death is being reviewed and that it takes all shooting incidents involving its agents seriously. It is unclear whether the injury was self-inflicted or inflicted by an agent. Hogan, who was saddened by the situation, released a statement and extended his condolences to McGrath’s family and loved ones.

Sources claim that there was a self-published e-book titled "Betrayed: The True Story of Roy McGrath," released on Amazon.com a week post-disappearance. The book, which portrays McGrath as a protagonist who "worked hard" and "had no record of any wrongdoing in his lifetime", attributes the disintegration of the relationship between the two men to Hogan. McGrath, 53, who had devoted much of his life to politics, had been one of Hogan's most trusted advisers until news of his severance payment of nearly a quarter-million dollars was revealed. His death has left many in mourning and curious for more details about the altercation with FBI agents.