Border agent fires at SUV

Carolyn Hileman* | February 27, 2007

A Border Patrol agent fired Saturday at a vehicle that was driving toward him, an official said. It was unclear if anyone was injured during Saturday’s shooting near Arivaca, said Jesus Rod-riguez, spokesman for the Border Patrol’s Tucson Sector. He gave this account: Around 1 p.m., Border Patrol agents on Arizona 286 near milepost 10 became suspicious of a northbound Lincoln Navigator and decided to stop it. The vehicle appeared to come to a stop, so one agent got out of his vehicle and was preparing to approach it. The Navigator then quickly made a U-turn and was coming at the agent, so he fired his gun because he felt threatened, Rodriguez said. The sport utility vehicle, which turned out to be stolen from Mesa, continued south without striking the agent but was soon stopped in Sasabe, near the border, he said.

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