By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
A Border Patrol agent shot and killed a man who opened first on agents about a mile from the Mexican border on Monday morning, immigration officials say.
CBP officials said the agents were investigating illegal border crossings in Sunland, New Mexico, when they came across the suspect and began chasing him, Las Cruces Sun News reports.
During the foot pursuit, the suspect shot at two Border Patrol agents, officials said. No agents were injured.
The agents tried to provide medical care to the wounded suspect, who was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.
The New Mexico State Police Investigation Bureau is trying to identify the suspect and notify his family. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the suspect was a U.S. citizen.
The agent involved in the shooting works at the agency’s Santa Teresa station, which is part of Border Patrol’s El Paso Sector.
