Border agent fired at driver at US-Mexico crossing

Tue Oct 7, 10:02 PM ET

CAMPO, Calif. - The Border Patrol says an agent fired a gun at a driver who ran over an agent's leg at a vehicle checkpoint on I-8 east of San Diego.

Border Patrol spokesman Jason Rodgers said the driver was not struck by gunfire and was taken into federal custody Tuesday afternoon.

Rodgers said the agent was hurt when the driver backed up while he was being questioned. The spokesman didn't know if that agent was the one who fired, or if others did so.

He didn't immediately have more information about the driver.

The checkpoint on Interstate 8 is near Campo, about 45 miles east of San Diego.

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