Breitbart – by Bob Price and Brandon Darby
A Border Patrol agent has been shot in the Tucson Sector. Breitbart Texas learned of the shooting from sources and Border Patrol officials later confirmed the incident.
Tucson Sector spokesman Chris Sullivan confirmed to Breitbart Texas in a phone interview that an agent had been shot. He said the agent is “expected to be okay.” As the situation is developing, the sector is not yet releasing any additional information.
Sources working under the umbrella of U.S. Customs and Border Protection told Breitbart Texas that the shooting occurred between 3:30 and 4:30 Tuesday morning in the Chimney Canyon area located southeast of Aravaca.
One of the sources said the Border Patrol agent was shot in the chest and back as well as in the hand and knee, but heavy plate body armor successfully stopped the shots to the chest and back. Breitbart Texas was unable to confirm this account with officials.
Another source told Breitbart Texas that the injured Border Patrol agent is a paramedic. That source claimed the injured agent applied his own tourniquet and started his own IV. The source also claimed the injured agent was transported by an emergency medical helicopter to a hospital. Breitbart Texas was unable to confirm these claims with officials.
Another source told Breitbart Texas that the agent was ambushed on a trail and that a group of four or five illegal immigrants were later apprehended in the area. This source did not know if the illegal immigrants are connected to the shooting. Breitbart Texas was unable to obtain official confirmation of these details as well.
About an hour after the initial publication of this article, Tucson Sector Border Patrol officials released the following statement:
A United States Border Patrol agent was involved in a shooting incident on Tuesday June 12, 2018, at approximately 4:30 a.m. (MST), south of Arivaca, Arizona.
The Border Patrol Agent was shot and subsequently transported to an area hospital for medical treatment. Several subjects in the area were taken into custody.
This is an active shooting investigation and the situation is evolving, further information will be provided as it becomes available. The FBI and CBP’s Office of Professional Responsibility are jointly involved. More information will be provided as it becomes available.
This is a developing story. More information will be provided when it becomes available.
Bob Price serves as associate editor and senior political news contributor for Breitbart Texas. He is a founding member of the Breitbart Texas team. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTX, GAB, and Facebook.
Brandon Darby is managing director and editor-in-chief of Breitbart Texas. He co-founded the Cartel Chronicles project with Ildefonso Ortiz and Stephen K. Bannon. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook. He can be contacted at bdarby@breitbart.com.
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2018/06/12/exlusive-border-patrol-agent-shot-in-tucson-sector/
What was he doing unarmed??
“He said the agent is “expected to be okay.”
Better question: if he was unarmed… WHY IS HE STILL BREATHING???
This is a tragedy.
Not only does it does it demonstrate.
The lack of respect for our authorities.
It also memorializes that illegals really are a bad shot.
The doctors report says he was shot in the ballz. Ha…
And may recover.
Ya…know not to sound sexist.
But why don’t they put some of these dike neo Nazi feminists on the border.
So they can get shot….
Right in their Vagina hat.
I’ll tell ya why…
Because they don’t have any…
Bawlzz.
Your probably right since the article states that he was shot in the “Tucson sector”………. OWWWW!!!
Makes you wonder if he got shot by one of his own or a cop
Because it’s a big fking secret who shot this guy ,?and you can’t tell me they don’t fking know who shot him
Already a coverup and this crown enforcer isn’t even off the bed yet
The “official” story will be a lie
If you expect differently you’ve not been paying attention
So a “child trafficking campsite” near Tucson is found (supposedly, or it was just a camp) on property owned by a Rothschild, and now a BP agent is shot in the same sector by who knows who? On maybe that same Rothschild land? Hmmmmmmmm……. A recent shooting of BP agents near Van Horn comes to mind….