Photo: Google Maps
A Department of Defense training exercise involving FBI and U.S. Army Special Operations Command teams went wrong in Boston this week.
Around 10 p.m. local time on Tuesday night, the FBI was assisting the DOD in a training exercise at the Revere Hotel in the city when they entered and raided the wrong hotel room, the FBI said in a statement shared with PEOPLE.
The federal agents detained the civilian staying in that hotel room, rather than their intended team member.
“Based on inaccurate information, they were mistakenly sent to the wrong room and detained an individual, not the intended role player,” the FBI said, noting that the exercise was meant “to simulate a situation their personnel might encounter in a deployed environment.”
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
The man was handcuffed and interrogated for close to an hour before the federal agents realized they had entered the wrong room, per the outlet.
“We are looking into reports of an alleged incident in Boston that may involve Delta people,” the airline said in a statement shared with PEOPLE. “We have nothing further to share at this time other than to reaffirm our commitment to ensuring the safety and well-being of our people.”
The incident is currently under review with the FBI and the Department of Defense, according to the FBI’s statement.
“The Boston Police Department was called and responded to the scene to confirm that this was indeed a training exercise,” the statement said. “Safety is always a priority of the FBI, and our law enforcement partners, and we take these incidents very seriously. The Boston Division is reviewing the incident with DOD for further action as deemed appropriate.”
Vic Hartman, a former FBI agent who said he’d run similar training exercises in his 25-year career, described Tuesday night’s incident as “unusual.”
source: people.com
