By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
A U.S. Border Patrol agent has been arrested and suspended after being accused of fatally shooting a 27-year-old Moreno Valley man in the southern California town of East Hemet, the Press Enterprise reports.
Authorities arrested John Demery, 40, who is assigned to the Border Patrol’s San Diego Sector Newton-Azrak Station in Murrieta.
Police arrested Demery after he allegedly confronted a man at a his residence and then shot him several times following an argument.
Bond was set for $1 million, and Demery was lodged in the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Banning.
