Posted on 07/23/2014 11:32:32 AM PDT by blueplum
La Joya (KNVO) It was a terrifying situation in a Texas border town as authorities exchanged gunfire with a murder suspect.
Border patrol agents were under fire as they tried to arrest a man in La Joya, on the Rio Grande River near the Gulf of Mexico. Two law enforcement officers were shot, but both are expected to recover.
Authorities said the man was wanted for a murder in Edinburg. He was also believed to be a member of the notorious "Texas Syndicate" prison gang.
The gunman had barricaded himself in an apartment and fired at sheriff's deputies and border patrol agents who surrounded him
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add'l coverage at Breitbart here:
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-Texas/2014/07/22/Gang-Member-Killed-in-Shootout-with-Texas-Police
The TSA will need a billion more dollars to prevent people like this from getting on planes./s
At least there was a happy ending: “Officials said the gunman was killed in the standoff.”
sorry about that. here’s a working link to Breitbart:
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-Texas/2014/07/22/Gang-Member-Killed-in-Shootout-with-Texas-Police
He was only a “DREAMER” trying to live out his dream./s
What kind of country is this!? Our Border Patrol agents are shooting at children. /s
What’s with the Dallas Police patrol car? It is jacked way up in the back and it’s a low rider in the front.
What about the report (video) that said the Border Patrol is not armed and not allowed to have ammunition?
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