Thread: Shots fired at border agents in Washington

Gunshots fired in search for drug smuggling suspect east of Sumas


Written by Caleb Hutton | The Bellingham Herald | April 2, 2013


See below for update.
U.S. Border Patrol had one man in custody and an armed suspect contained to a tight perimeter at a logging trail near Reese Hill and Heady roads Tuesday morning, April 2, after the pair reportedly fired gunshots when border agents tried to approach them.
The sheriff’s office was first alerted to the situation at 9:20 a.m. According to unconfirmed police scanner traffic, border agents had been watching the men for a while, and when they tried to “make contact,” they heard gunshots.

Gunfire east of Sumas. Border Patrol has a suspected drug runner in custody. Now chasing another suspect. maps.google.com/maps?q=heady+r…
— Bellingham Crime (@bhamcrime) April 2, 2013

Scanner: The suspect is a black man wearing camouflage. He has a holstered handgun. Sheriff’s office keeping an eye out.
— Bellingham Crime (@bhamcrime) April 2, 2013

Border Patrol agents don’t know if the gunshots were directed at anyone or if they were fired into the air.
— Bellingham Crime (@bhamcrime) April 2, 2013

Two K-9s, border helicopter, sheriff’s deputies, border agents swarming area around Reese Hill & Heady. Setting up a perimeter.
— Bellingham Crime (@bhamcrime) April 2, 2013

#Abbotsford Police are responding to assist Canadian Border Patrol after a border jumper fired shots while being chased by Officers
— ScanBC (@ScanBC) April 2, 2013

The logging road is an 8-mile drive from Sumas. Over the radio, dispatchers said border agents had recovered a backpack from the scene.

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Update at 10:50 a.m. The U.S. Border Patrol public affairs office declined to release any information.

Border Patrol: Can’t release any info right now. Can’t say if he’s still at-large. (But scanner traffic suggests a very active K-9 track.)
— Bellingham Crime (@bhamcrime) April 2, 2013

Scanner: Border patrol, sheriff’s office “bushwacking” through the woods in manhunt for drug smuggler.
— Bellingham Crime (@bhamcrime) April 2, 2013

Scent’s hot, K-9 officer tells chopper pilot. “The dog’s taking off. Omaha, come west. Come west. … We’re heading toward the clear cut.”
— Bellingham Crime (@bhamcrime) April 2, 2013
　
　
　
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