One Person Dead From Border Patrol-Involved Shooting In Chula Vista
One Person Dead From Border Patrol-Involved Shooting In Chula Vista
Friday, September 28, 2012
By City News Service
A shooting involving U.S. Border Patrol personnel left one person dead today in a South Bay commercial district, authorities reported.
The gunfire in the 600 block of Moss Street in Chula Vista was reported about 1 p.m., according to police and federal officials.
It was not immediately clear what led to the shooting, said Ralph Desio, a spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection. No agents were injured, he said.
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Police: Border Patrol agent fatally shoots woman
Police: Border Patrol agent fatally shoots woman
Written by Kristina Davis
Sept. 28, 2012
Updated 5:11 p.m.
CHULA VISTA — A Border Patrol agent shot and killed a woman after she struck him with her car in Chula Vista Friday afternoon, police said.
The shooting occurred on Moss Street near Oaklawn Avenue about 1 p.m., Chula Vista police said.
Plainclothes Border Patrol agents were in the area to serve a felony warrant when the agent was struck by the woman’s car, said Border Patrol Deputy Chief Rodney Scott.
The agent was lodged in the windshield and carried several hundred yards on the hood.
“Fearing for his life, he discharged his weapon to get the vehicle to stop,” Scott said. He was the only agent who fired.
The woman, whose name was not released, died at the scene. The agent was taken to a hospital with unknown injuries, although witnesses said he appeared to be OK.
Authorities did not release further details, including what led up to the agent being struck.
Hector Salazar, who lives in the area, said he was standing at his mailbox looking through letters when he heard a man yell, “Stop!”
He looked up and saw a man in civilian clothing on the hood of a two-door car, aiming a gun at the windshield.
The man then started pulling the trigger, shooting about five rounds.
Salazar hit the ground, and moments later saw other plainclothes agents approach the car.
Eduardo Comacho, 22, was walking on Woodlawn Avenue with his friend when they heard about seven shots.
He saw a man in a red shirt, without a badge, holding his gun. He appeared shaken. Other undercover officers joined him at the scene, pulling out their badges as they walked.
“The lady was hanging out the door, barely moving,” Comacho said. The agent’s checked her pulse, and medics who arrived shortly after began CPR on her on the ground. Comacho could see bullet wounds in her chest, shoulder, arm and leg.
“He did not miss,” Comacho said.
The arrest warrant was for someone else other than the woman, and that person had not been apprehended, Scott said.
Moss has been closed between Woodlawn Avenue and Broadway during the crime scene investigation, which could last several hours.
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