AZMEX BULLETIN 5 DEC 2012
Note: This would be south of I-8 Again a very long time lag.
US Border Patrol agent shoots man near Gila Bend
By Associated Press
Originally published: Dec 5, 2012 - 5:04 pm
http://www.ktar.com/22/1593239/US-Border-Patrol-agent-shoots-man-near-
Gila-Bend
GILA BEND, Ariz. -- Authorities say a U.S. Border Patrol agent has
shot and wounded a man in Arizona, south of Gila Bend.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials say Yuma Sector agents
responded to ``possible bandit activity'' near an Arizona 85
checkpoint about 6 p.m. Tuesday.
The agents reportedly came across two armed men about 14 miles
southwest of Gila Bend and at least one of the agents fired, hitting
one of the armed men.
CBP officials say the wounded man was airlifted to a Phoenix hospital
and was in stable condition Wednesday.
They say the other man was an illegal immigrant from Mexico and was
arrested. Agents reported finding a handgun and assault rifle at the
scene.
It's the second reported shooting by border agents in Arizona this week.
Border agent shoots man near Gila Bend
4 hours ago • Tim Steller, Arizona Daily Star
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/border/border-agent-shoots-man-near-
gila-bend/article_52f62d50-3f25-11e2-8542-0019bb2963f4.html
A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and injured a man Tuesday evening
south of Gila Bend.
It was the latest in a series of shootings by border agents in
Arizona — the second this week and fourth since Oct. 2.
In this case, U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported, Yuma
Sector agents responded to possible bandit activity near a checkpoint
on Arizona 85.
The agents came across two armed men about 14 miles southwest of Gila
Bend, and at least one of the agents fired, hitting one of the armed
men, the agency said in a news release.
That man was airlifted to a Phoenix hospital and is in stable
condition; the other man, a Mexican national illegally in the
country, was arrested. Agents found a handgun and assault rifle at
the scene, the news release said.
The FBI is investigating.
On Sunday at mid-day, an agent working in the southern Baboquivari
Mountains on the Tohono O'odham Nation shot and killed a man whom the
agency described as getting into an altercation with the agent.
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