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Border Patrol agent fatally shot near Campo

By Debbi Baker
Union-Tribune Staff Writer
7:35 a.m. July 24, 2009

SAN DIEGO — A U.S. Border Patrol Agent was shot and killed in the Campo area Thursday night while investigating a group of people presumed to have crossed into the country illegally.

An agent on patrol spotted the group sometime between 8:30 and 9 p.m. in the remote and rocky terrain south of state Route 94 off Shockey Truck Trail not far from the border, Agent Daryl Reed said.

He called for other agents who split up and began to trail the group, Reed said.

At about 9:15 p.m. agents, who had lost radio contact with their fellow agent, heard multiple gunshots and rushed to the area where they found the agent had been shot, Reed said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. San Diego police said the agent was shot in the head.

Several agencies responded to the shooting including the Sheriff's Department, the FBI and Cal Fire. A large-scale search by land and air was conducted but no one in the group was found, Reed said.

Mexican authorities also were notified and conducted a search on their side of the border, Reed said. It's unknown if the group was smuggling humans or drugs or if the people fled back to Mexico or continued traveling inside the U.S., Reed said.
The name of the agent, who was stationed in Campo, has not been released.

Reed said the agency will have a press conference later this afternoon. FBI Special Agent Darrell Foxworth said the FBI is investigating the crime jointly with the Sheriff's Department, the U.S. Border Patrol and the U.S. Attorney's Office.

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Our Border Patrol agents are sitting ducks thanks to Janet and other traitors.

Authorities search for gunman who killed Border Patrol agent

7:34 AM | July 24, 2009

A manhunt is going on this morning at the U.S.-Mexico border in eastern San Diego County for the gunman who shot a U.S. Border Patrol agent to death.

Details were sketchy this morning, but the agent was fatally shot at about 9 p.m. Thursday in an area southeast of Campo. The agent, whose name has not been released, was patrolling the remote region with other agents when he got separated from them before the shooting, the FBI said.

There were signs of a struggle and some of his gear was taken, investigators said.

There were signs of a struggle and some of his gear was taken, investigators said.

This might mean that he was jumped and his gun was taken and used to kill him.

Originally Posted by MW

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