The city of Atlanta Chief Procurement Officer fired on Tuesday shortly before the federal agents seized items from his office at the City Hall.

In the brief, two sentence statement, a spokeswoman for the Mayor Kasim Reed acknowledged that Adam Smith had been dismissed, but it did not state the explicit cause nor acknowledge the actions of the federal investigators.

"The City of Atlanta announced today that Adam Smith, Chief Procurement Officer, has been relieved of his duties effective immediately,” the statement read. “Chief Counsel Angela Hinton will serve as Interim Chief Procurement Officer until a permanent replacement is named."

Eyewitnesses initially said that Smith was escorted out of the building by law enforcement officials. But the city officials later said that Smith was escorted from the building by unspecified city personnel who do not work in law enforcement. The move by the investigators comes amid a probe by the feds into a bribery scheme involving the city of Atlanta contracts.

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The feds have said that a pair of contractors paid more than $1 million in bribes in exchange for the city contracts, though it is not clear if Tuesday’s actions and the broader investigation are connected.

So far, two Atlanta area contractors Elvin “E.R.” Mitchell Jr. and Charles P. Richards Jr. have already pleaded guilty of paying bribes to an unnamed person under the belief the money would flow to one or more Atlanta officials with the influence over city contracts. Prosecutors say the two contractors won millions of dollars in the city business as part of the scheme and they have agreed to testify in exchange for leniency. The U.S. Attorney’s Office has said that the Atlanta scheme occurred from 2010 to 2015.

Mrudula Duddempudi.