Man shot after trying to run over border patrol agent, Nogales DeConcini border crossing closed

Posted: 8:15 PM, Feb 07, 2019
Updated: 5:00 AM, Feb 08, 2019

By: Associated Press




NOGALES, AZ — The mayor of Nogales, Arizona, says a port of entry on the U.S.-Mexico border was temporarily closed after a customs officer shot and killed a southbound driver who refused to stop.
Mayor Arturo Garino tells the Arizona Daily Star that he was told the shooting took place after the truck tried to run over the officer Thursday night.

The truck's momentum then carried it onto the Mexican side of the buffer zone between the two countries.

Officers of the Mexican equivalent of U.S. Customs and Border Protection reportedly surrounded the truck and discovered the driver dead.

Mexican authorities told the Nogales International newspaper that two men were in the truck and the passenger was arrested.

Here's a statement from CBP on the incident:

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Whitney Clark@whitneyclarktv

Here's the statement from @CBP on the officer-involved shooting last night in Nogales. @VeronicacostaTV is covering this this morning on #GMT @kgun9

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