Tense encounter ends with Border Patrol brokers killing smuggling suspect

Border Patrol brokers fired 16 photographs at a smuggling suspect, killing him after he led them on a prolonged chase, then attacked one of many brokers with a membership.

The man, a U.S. citizen whose identify was not revealed by Customs and Border Protection, had repeatedly tried to flee from brokers, and through one try started to bash an agent with a membership after the agent had fallen to the bottom.

That’s when three different brokers opened hearth, killing the suspect, CBP stated.

A Nissan Rogue was noticed on April 2 attempting to keep away from going by a Border Patrol freeway checkpoint in southern New Mexico, and brokers started to trace and comply with it.

The car led them on a 49-minute automotive chase protecting greater than 22 miles. That included one cease when the driving force refused to get out of the car, and brokers tried to interrupt out the window of the Nissan Rogue SUV. They failed, and the person drove off, CBP stated.

Agents deployed a car immobilization gadget which struck three of the tires, however the driver saved going one other eight minutes earlier than pulling off and strolling away from the SUV down an unpaved highway.

What occurred subsequent was captured on physique digital camera footage, CBP stated.

The man was holding a shirt in a single hand and what CBP described as a “wooden club” within the different.

Agents approached with weapons drawn and the person started to swing the membership at them.

When one agent tried to make use of a stun gun, the person blocked the prongs with the shirt, twice.

An agent then approached with a baton, and the person swung the membership. He missed, however the agent fell backward and that’s when the person started to bash him, CBP stated. As he ready to strike for a 3rd time, the three different brokers fired, killing the person.