Border Patrol Agent Shot

In the town of Campo, California near the Mexican border, a border patrol agent was shot in the head and killed. His name is being withheld, but we do know that the shooting was reported about 9:15 p.m. Thursday on Shockey Truck Trail southeast of the San Diego Sheriff Department's Campo substation, according to the Sheriff's Department. According to local San Diego station 10 News:

A group of border patrol agents came across a group of men near the north end of the border fence, Border Patrol Public Information Officer Daryl Reed said.

As the agents approached, the group of men split up and started running, Reed said.

The agents followed and began a chase. One agent was separated from the group and gunshots were heard, Reed said.

Four engines, paramedics, and a medical helicopter were dispatched to the area, but the agent, who was found with a gunshot wound to the head, was declared dead at the scene, Cal Fire Battalion Chief Nick Schuler said.

No information on the shooter was immediately released.

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