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U.S. border agents kill American in gunfight at U.S.-Mexico crossing
www.reuters.com ^ | June 4, 2019 / 7:21 AM / Updated 2 hours ago | Staff

Posted on 06/04/2019 9:21:36 AM PDT by Red Badger

U.S. border agents shot and killed an 23-year-old American man who pulled out a gun and started shooting while trying to drive a truck through a U.S.-Mexican border inspection point at San Diego, police said on Tuesday.

The shooting late Monday sparked panic at the crowded San Ysidro port of entry, where people and vehicles enter the United States from Tijuana, social media video showed.

The San Diego Police Department did not immediately release the man’s identity and it was not clear why he began shooting.

His truck became blocked by another vehicle, and he began shooting at U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers through his truck’s window before getting out and continuing to fire, police said in a statement.

“The officers returned fire, striking the suspect,” the police statement said.

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To: Red Badger
Hint to all that would start a gunfight.

Do not be trapped in a traffic jam with no exit strategy.

21 posted on 06/04/2019 10:36:24 AM PDT by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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To: LouAvul

If they don’t know who he is, how do they know he was an ‘American’?......................


22 posted on 06/04/2019 10:37:17 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: eartick

He had an ‘exit strategy’, just not one that worked real well.................


23 posted on 06/04/2019 10:38:22 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

24 posted on 06/04/2019 10:41:51 AM PDT by Bratch (IF YOU HAVE SELFISH IGNORANT CITIZENS, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE SELFISH IGNORANT LEADERS-George Carlin)
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To: rockinqsranch

Chuck and Nancy got the polling back a seen Antifa doesn’t poll well so they called them off.


25 posted on 06/04/2019 10:42:30 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (If you want a definition of "bullying" just watch the Democrats in the Senate)
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To: AmericanCheeseFood

Thanks for that, but the article I found on the subject is too recent. Antifa has been too quiet longer than April 30th of this year.

They are apparently up to something. My observation over the years is when the left goes silent on some aspect of their aggression as they usually have multiple fronts, then they are working behind the scenes on something new. They believe themselves too clever for us to notice. We must stay alert, and notice to head them off. They are up to something. What is my question?


26 posted on 06/04/2019 11:09:04 AM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists call 'em what you will they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: rockinqsranch

What should happen is that their addresses are changed to GITMO or somewhere their family at least knows where they are each memorial day.


27 posted on 06/04/2019 11:15:14 AM PDT by AmericanCheeseFood (Fox Shadowbans People On Comments)
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To: Red Badger

Good shootin’ fellas!


28 posted on 06/04/2019 11:16:33 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Mitt Romney:Bringing Massachusetts Values To The Great State Of Utah!)
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San Diego homicide detectives knew the identity the man who was killed — he was described as a 23-year-old white male U.S. citizen — but his name was not released pending family notifications, Dobbs said.

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2019-06-03/customs-and-border-protection-involved-in-shooting-near-san-ysidro-port-of-entry


29 posted on 06/04/2019 12:28:32 PM PDT by Rio
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Very SoCal eyewitness report:

American Zooch Williams, who was on the Mexican side of the border waiting in line to cross, said he heard and saw a commotion.

“We hear ‘pop pop.’ Super gnarly. We are like those were fireworks, and my other buddy was like ‘Those were gunshots,’” the witness said. “And then we saw all these Border Patrol dudes running and then they were chasing someone.”


30 posted on 06/04/2019 12:33:02 PM PDT by Rio
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To: Robert357
"Sounds like a justified shooting."

Just wait - some lefty is going to say: 'if we had no borders, this innocent young man would be alive today'.

31 posted on 06/04/2019 12:56:47 PM PDT by Be Free (When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.)
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