Thread: BORDER PATROL PURSUIT ENDS WITH SHOTS FIRED

BORDER PATROL PURSUIT ENDS WITH SHOTS FIRED




By SD6 Assignment Desk
Story Published: Feb 18, 2015 at 9:59 AM PST
Story Updated: Feb 18, 2015 at 9:59 AM PST

ALPINE (CNS) - A person was injured in a shooting at the end of a chase involving a United States Border Patrol vehicle Tuesday night.

A person was shot in a hand and hospitalized, Fox5 reported.

The chase on westbound Interstate 8 ended near Tavern Road in Alpine around 10:20 p.m., according to Fox5.

No information was available about the reason for the chase.

An officer in the Border Patrol's San Diego office declined to comment on the chase.

http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/...292416481.html

Border Patrol agents open fire during chase in Alpine

POSTED 11:02 PM, FEBRUARY 17, 2015, BY FOX 5 DIGITAL TEAM, UPDATED AT 09:47AM, FEBRUARY 18, 2015

SAN DIEGO – Border Patrol agents opened fire on a suspected immigrant smuggler after he nearly ran down an officer during a pursuit Tuesday night, authorities said.Border Patrol agents tried to pull a vehicle over on the 22000 block of Japatul Valley Road in Alpine around 10 p.m. Tuesday.

At first the driver refused to pull over, but he stopped a short time later and several passengers jumped out of the car and ran off. The driver then sped off, nearly hitting one of the Border Patrol officers. Several officers agents opened fire on the car.

The driver led agents on a chase along westbound Interstate 8, but he finally pulled over at Tavern Road at 10:14 p.m., where he was arrested. The driver was taken to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries and released to the custody of the Border Patrol.

No Border Patrol agents were hurt.


http://fox5sandiego.com/2015/02/17/1...nds-in-alpine/

Posted by Alexander Nguyen on February 20, 2015

Sheriff’s officials released the names Friday of a 22-year-old human trafficking suspect who nearly ran down a Border Patrol agent in Alpine, and of the two agents who opened fire as he attempted to flee.

Agents Jeffery Stephenson and Edwin Guzman fired at Juan Ramon Garcia of San Diego after he narrowly missed striking another agent with his vehicle following an attempt to conduct a traffic stop in the 22000 block of Japatul Valley Road about 10 p.m. Tuesday, according to San Diego County sheriff‘s Lt. John Maryon.

Maryon said that shortly before the shooting, Garcia stopped and several people got out and ran. He then sped off and nearly struck an agent, at which point Stephenson and Guzman opened fire toward the vehicle.

Garcia was shot once in a hand, but continued his attempt to flee, Maryon said. An ensuing vehicle pursuit ended less than 15 minutes later in the area of westbound Interstate 8 and Tavern Road.

Garcia was treated at an area hospital for the non-life threatening injury and was taken into custody. Maryon said he was expected to face charges of assault on a federal officer and human trafficking.

Guzman had been employed by the Border Patrol for about 21 years, and Stephenson for around nine, Maryon said. Neither agent was injured.

http://timesofsandiego.com/crime/201...er-patrol-idd/