By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Should the name of a Border Patrol agent who shot and killed a Mexican teen be released to the public? A federal judge is expected to hear arguments Thursday from the family of the teen who wants the agent to be identified, the Arizona Daily Star reports. The mother of Jose…
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…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com One person was killed following a shootout between Border Patrol agents and suspects on the edge of a Native American reservation near Tucson, the Arizona Republic reports. Another suspect fled after the shootout about 10 miles southwest of Tucson. Border Patrol spokesman Vic Brabble said the suspects were armed and that…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A DEA agent is recovering after a suspect shot him in the elbow Monday morning while serving a search warrant at the home of a suspected drug dealer in South Carolina, the State reports. Shot was Special Agent Barry Wilson, who was executing a search warrant at the home of Joel…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When bullets were fired in Dallas on November 22, 1963, many of the Secret Service agents hired to protect President John F. Kennedy failed in their duties, the Vanity Fair reports in an examination of the actions taken by the White House security detail. “Roy Kellerman, the leader of the security…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI joined an investigation into who sent an email threatening “the deadliest school shooting in American history” if Utah State University hosted a speech by feminist writer Anita Sarkeesian, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. Sarkeesian, a critic of how women are portrayed in video games, said she canceled the speech…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An Athens. Ga. man accused of shooting an ATF agent last month was indicted Tuesday by a grand jury, Online Athens reports. The suspect, 21-year-old Steven Maurice “Stevo” McKinley, is suspected of shooting the agent during a Sept. 30 undercover operation at the Airport Mini Mart. While planning to purchase narcotics…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The family of a TSA officer who was shot 12 times and killed at Los Angeles International Airport last year is suing the city of Los Angeles for $25 million, the Los Angeles Times reports. The lawsuit alleges security lapses and delays in medical care. A gunman shot Gerardo Ismael Hernandez…
