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Border Patrol agent shot, suspect dead near Brackettville, Texas
A Border Patrol agent is recovering and a suspect is dead after a shooting near Brackettville.
About 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13, 2019 two Brackettville Border Patrol Station agents conducted a traffic stop on Ranch Road 674 north of Brackettville, a road routinely used to smuggle narcotics and people.
During the stop, a 25-year-old male passenger in the vehicle fired a weapon at the agents, striking one, according to a news release from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
The other agent and a Kinney County Sheriff's Office deputy returned fire, fatally striking the man.
Read more: https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2019/09/14/border-patrol-agent-shot-near-brackettville-texas/2325585001/