i've never really been but i'd sure like to go

[pemberleya]

there was a piece on the news this morning about a guy who got shot at the border because the cops got a tip that he was transporting illegals across. he didn't stop when they wanted him to and he got out and made a run for it and they shot him. cnn didn't know this morning if the other ppl in the suv were illegal or not

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[u_make_me_mute]

Border Patrol officers in an unmarked vehicle followed it for a few miles. When the SUV turned toward the San Ysidro Port of Entry that connects Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego, other agents blocked the southbound lanes at the border.As traffic backed up, the suspect vehicle stopped on the shoulder about 50 feet north of the crossing. The agents approached and tried to get the driver to step out of the SUV. When the driver refused, agents smashed the drivers' side window with a baton.

At that point, the suspect "accelerated and nearly pinned an agent standing next to the vehicle," Sferra said. Two agents then opened fire.

Shots fired by a Border Patrol agent struck the driver, Sferra confirmed. He said he was not aware of any attempt to shoot at the tires before the driver was shot. The 22-year-old driver, whose identity has not been released, died at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds, said Maurice Luque, a spokesman for the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. It wasn't immediately clear if the driver was armed. The five passengers, whose identities were not released, were unharmed.

In Mexico, presidential spokesman Ruben Aguilar said it appeared the driver was engaging in organized crime or people smuggling, and that the vehicle was trying to escape U.S. officials by crossing into Mexico.