Man involved in shooting at I-25 checkpoint dies

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The man involved in a shooting at the U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint on I-25 near Las Cruces, N.M., last month has died, announced FBI officials Friday.

Officials with the FBI Albuquerque Division said the adult, who sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound and was not struck by agents, died at a local hospital on Friday.

It was previously reported by U.S. Custom and Border Protection officials that the man had been shot by Border Patrol agents after he fired a shot at the direction of the agents during a secondary inspection.

FBI officials now state the man approached the primary inspection lane at the checkpoint on April 9, 2017, and was referred to a secondary inspection.

Agents said they heard a gunshot and fired their weapons.

No agents were hurt.

The incident is being investigated by the FBI and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Professional Responsibility.

The FBI El Paso Division Evidence Response Team assisted.

The individual will not be identified because no charges were filed.

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A man shot at Border Patrol agents Sunday evening at the I-25 checkpoint north of Las Cruces, officials said.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials tell ABC-7 agents returned fire, wounding the man about 6:15 p.m. Officials said the man was driving through the checkpoint when agents asked him to pull over for a secondary inspection. The driver was then being questioned when officials said he pulled out a handgun and fired one shot through the vehicle in the direction of the agents. Officials said agents returned fire at the driver. The man was airlifted and taken to a University Medical Center, where his condition is unknown. CBP’s Office of Professional Responsibility, the FBI and New Mexico State Police are investigating the shooting.