Thread: 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.

One Person Dead From Border Patrol-Involved Shooting In Chula Vista | KPBS.org

TV news update:

The agent was hit by a car and carried on the windshield until he discharged his handgun.

Woman driver is dead.

B.P. Agent in the hospital. Will recover.

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.

Border Patrol agent fatally shoots woman | UTSanDiego.com

Were the BP agents there in pursuit of an illegal alien?

Originally Posted by HAPPY2BME

Were the BP agents there in pursuit of an illegal alien?

They were there with a warrant to arrest a person.
The person they shot was not that person and that person is still at large.

Border Patrol Agent Shoots, Kills Driver



By Mike Wille
Story Published: Sep 28, 2012 at 5:01 PM PDT
Story Updated:Sep 28, 2012 at 5:42 PM PDT

CHULA VISTA - A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed a woman in a South Bay neighborhood Friday afternoon while a team of undercover officers were trying to arrest someone else on a felony charge.

The gunfire in the 600 block of Moss Street in Chula Vista was reported about 1 p.m., according to police and federal officials. The woman died at the scene.

The woman, who has not been identified, intentionally rammed the plain-clothes agent with her car, and carried the man on the hood for several hundred yards, U.S. Border Patrol Deputy Chief Rodney Scott said.

"He was hit with the vehicle and got lodged on the windshield," Scott said.

Fearing for his life, the agent shot the woman through the windshield several times to get her to stop, he said. San Diego 6 reporter Derek Staahl counted at least 10 bullet holes in the windshield.

The woman was in a dark-colored Honda Accord near Woodlawn Avenue when she was shot. There was no one else in the vehicle at the time, Scott said.

The agent was taken to the hospital for treament.

"I do not have a current update on his medical condition, but he was impacted by a vehicle pretty hard," Scott said.

Neighbor Hector Salazar told San Diego 6 he was reading his mail in his home when the deadly shooting occurred a short distance away.

"I thought [the agent] was a civilian shooting another civilian, and I tried to call 911," he said. "But then suddenly I saw other agents."

The person targeted by the felony warrant operation was not captured, Scott said. The Deputy Chief would not comment on that person's relationship to the shooting victim.

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