Shooting Involving Border Patrol Agents at San Ysidro Port of Entry NBC

Shooting Involving Border Patrol Agents at San Ysidro Port of Entry

By NBC 7 Staff

Published 35 minutes ago | Updated 7 minutes ago

Multiple agencies are responding to a shooting involving Border Patrol agents at the San Ysidro Port of Entry.

The report came in around 7 p.m.

SDPD and other agencies are assisting.

It is unknown if agents were being shot at or if agents shot someone.

Secretary of Public security of Tijuana, Marco Sotomayor, tweeted at 8 p.m. saying that CBP had closed all lanes at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, while more information was being gathered.

As of 8:20 p.m. Sotomayor tweeted that all lanes have reopened.

No other information was available.

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https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Officer-Involved-Shooting-at-the-Border-510793801.html

Person crossing the border in a vehicle shot a CBP officer. Suspect in custody.
Details to follow. TV 51 San Diego News.

"A shooting occurred in a secondary vehicle inspection area, San Diego Police officer John Buttle told The San Diego Tribune. According to San Diego police and a San Diego Fire-Rescue Department incident log, the situation occurred around 7:40 p.m. No other details were immediately available."

Mario Martinez, the director of Tijuana’s municipal police, said his officers stationed in the area rushed toward the sound of gunfire before learning it had happened in U.S. territory.
He said Tijuana police were told that Customs and Border Protection officers stopped a vehicle trying to “pass without permission,” though it was uncertain which way the vehicle was headed.

After most northbound lanes were reopened, the three far left lanes — near where the shooting reportedly occurred — were closed down again.

SDUT

https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/d...ing-backup.JPGAll lanes from Tijuana into the U.S. at the San Ysidro Port of Entry were closed for a time Monday night after U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents were involved in a shooting at the port. (Alexandra Mendoza/The San Diego Union-Tribune)

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