By Steve Neavling
Border Patrol agents shot and killed the driver of a tractor trailer on Friday evening after they say he reversed into an agent and pinned him and a migrant against another vehicle in Laredo, Texas.
The CBP said the incident happened at about 9:40 p.m. local time when ICE and the Webb County Constable’s Office were investigating a tractor-trailer carrying people suspected of illegally crossing the border.
During the investigation, another tractor-trailer approached authorities and “suddenly accelerated in reverse, striking and pinning” the agent and a migrant against another vehicle.
After the driver failed to respond to verbal commands, agents shot him.
The agent was injured and released from the hospital Saturday morning.
The Laredo Police Department and FBI, along with CBP and ICE’s Office of Professional Responsibility, are investigating.
