Off-Duty Border Patrol Agent Charged Accused of Taking People Hostage, Shooting 1

Alberto Montelongo
By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com

An off-duty Border Patrol agent accused of taking two people hostage was arrested Tuesday after an intense standoff that lasted several hours, the El Paso Times reports. 

Alberto Montelongo, 40, was involved in a domestic dispute with another off-duty Border Patrol agent, authorities said.

Another man, who is not an agent, was shot and in critical condition.

Montelongo has been charged with attempted murder.

Authorities said Montelongo barricaded himself and two others inside a home at Mountain Vista after a domestic disturbance.

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