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Border agent fires into SUV after being hit twice
St Albans Messenger ^ | Friday, 31 August 2007

Posted on 09/01/2007 2:05:51 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter

SWANTON – A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol Agent assigned to the Swanton Sector fired his weapon at an unknown driver who Thursday morning struck him with his vehicle near Alburgh Springs. Another agent, hurrying to aid his colleague, was involved in an auto accident.

The unidentified agent had stopped the vehicle, a gray SUV that had entered the country illegally from Canada, officials from the agency said.

As the agent approached the vehicle, the driver put the SUV in gear and hit the agent twice. The agent, who was uninjured, fired one round from his weapon into the driver’s compartment. The driver fled back into Canada with the vehicle.

It is unknown whether the driver of the SUV was injured during his assault on the agent, said authorities today.

A second border control agent responding to the call for assistance was injured when the patrol vehicle he was driving rolled over on an “unimproved” road. The agent was transported to Northwestern Medical Center, where he was treated for his injuries and released.

U.S. and Canadian law enforcement agencies were informed of the incident and are currently searching for the vehicle and its occupant. Those agencies include the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Vermont State Police.

Border Patrol operations officer Mark Henry this morning was asked whether he felt his office had sufficient resources to deal with current threat levels at and near the border.

“We have received a lot of resources,” he said. “Personnel, technology, infrastructure. And we are going to be receiving more.”

Anyone with any knowledge about Thursday’s incident is asked to call Henry at the Border Patrol Sector Headquarters in Swanton, (802) 247-2434.