TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - The U.S. Border Patrol says one of its agents shot and wounded one of two men whom the agent encountered near the U.S.-Mexico border outside Douglas in southeastern Arizona.
A Border Patrol statement released Saturday says the agent shot the man after the agent was physically assaulted while trying to make an arrest after responding to a report of suspicious activity Friday night.
Agent Erin Jackson says the wounded man was hospitalized in stable condition and that the agent was not injured.
No identities were released.
The statement says the incident is being investigated and says it involves the FBI, the Cochise County Sheriff’s Department and the Office of Professional Responsibility of Customs and Border Protection.
Douglas is 100 miles southeast of Tucson.
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