Immigrant shot by Border Patrol agent
Associated Press

McALLEN — A Border Patrol agent shot a suspected illegal immigrant after an altercation in a Kingsville convenience store Wednesday.

It was not immediately clear whether the man was armed.

The agent, who was not identified, chased the man into the store after he and other people ran from a vehicle the Border Patrol was pursuing around 8 a.m., said Border Patrol spokesman John Lopez.

The agent has more than five years’ experience with the agency, Lopez said.

Inside the store, the immigrant fought the agent’s attempts to detain him and the agent “found it necessary to shoot to stop the altercation,â€