Posted on 10/02/2005 5:07:31 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
SAN DIEGO A man who was shot by a Border Patrol agent in Otay Mesa early Sunday as he grappled for the officer's gun has died at a hospital, authorities said. The shooting in the 2300 block of Roll Drive happened about 2:15 a.m., as the officer tried to get a motorist out of an SUV, San Diego police homicide Lt. Kevin Rooney said.
The officer had spotted the Chevy Suburban driving in the area of Roll and Siempre Viva Road and became suspicious because of reports that a Suburban had been seen in the area picking up suspected undocumented immigrants, Rooney said.
There are also no businesses that stay open that late in the area so the presence of the SUV was doubly suspicious, Rooney said.
The agent stopped the vehicle and took the man's driver's license, then asked the motorist to step out of the vehicle, Rooney said.
The man had a female passenger with him, Rooney said.
The driver tried to drive away but the agent, who was standing on the running board, reached in and turned off the ignition, Rooney said.
The driver quickly shifted gears into drive and tried to start the vehicle again, but the agent once more turned off the ignition and put the gearshift into park, Rooney said.
The third time the driver tried to start the SUV, the agent pulled his gun and ordered him to stop but the suspect grabbed the pistol's barrel and tried to wrest it from the agent.
The officer fired the gun and wounded the driver, Rooney said.
The suspect's passenger was not injured.
The suspect was taken to a trauma center, where he died at 3:31 a.m., Rooney said.
Agents recovered a handgun from the suspect's waistband and also a set of handcuffs.
The woman was arrested on outstanding felony warrants and was booked into Las Colinas Detention Facility.
San Diego Police Department homicide detectives are investigating the case with the FBI and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
The agent involved is a 10-year veteran of the Border Patrol.
God bless that agent. On the job, alert, and effective, and still alive!
God bless that agent. On the job, alert, and effective, and still alive!
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Absolutely. And when I think of our administration's attitude toward OPEN BORDERS and ILLEGAL MEXICANS, it makes me sick seeing these good men risk their lives...I can imaging what they are thinking when they realize the arrogant, elitist PRO-ILLEGAL-MEXICAN agenda that is in place...
IMO he was given two, too many chances.
When the suspect attempts to drive off with you hanging from his vehicle...REMOVE THE KEYS from the ignition once you shut down the engine.
> When the suspect attempts to drive off with you
> hanging from his vehicle...REMOVE THE KEYS from
> the ignition once you shut down the engine.
With many cars, you can't remove the key unless the
tranny is in "Park".
It sounds like he was trying to. They not only were fighting for the keys but the gear shift as well.
For future reference: Do not stand on the running board of the vehicle. Do not reach into the vehicle.
Agent is fortunate to be alive after two serious and potentially fatal errors.
Chitty Chitty BANG BANG.
Paging Mister Darwin...
The agent should get a medal, but I just get this creepy feeling that instead he will be disciplined for failing to follow department policy.
Illegal aliens be warned. This could happen to you!
ping
Thank goodness the BP agent is alive. The officer could easily have died if the driver successfully drove off any of those three tries. But, I wonder if the officer was on the running board because he wanted to get the keys and thought the driver would get away.
probably not pingable for your list, but FYI
So , accordibg to policy, what should he have done?
Thats one down...
I don't know what BP policy is on vehicle stops. But if you allow someone to grab your duty weapon, it seems to me that you have made a bad mistake somewhere. And I suspect that's what their top brass will focus on, rather than the fact that the agent kept an armed bad guy from shooting him and went home at the end of his shift.
If the dead illegal is over sixteen, don't be so sure he hasn't bred already...
One less for the catch and release program.
Motorist fatally shot during Border Patrol stop identified
11:59 a.m. October 3, 2005
Excerpts - The motorist who was fatally shot early Sunday morning by a Border Patrol agent during a traffic stop has been identified as 29-year-old Jose Alba.
Police said Alba was shot by a 10-year patrol veteran after he grabbed the barrel of the agent's gun during a traffic stop.
Border Patrol agents found a gun in Alba's waistband and police said he was carrying handcuffs.
Alba, a U.S. citizen, had been staying in hotels in the San Ysidro area, said homicide Lt. Kevin Rooney. At the time of his death, he was being sought on a felony warrant on charges of burglary, auto theft and weapon possession.
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