Border Patrol officials said the sniper and other special-ops agents were hiding out near border where migrants had reported several recent robberies and assaults
A U.S. Border Patrol sniper from a special operations tactical unit shot and killed an armed bandit Sunday morning from long distance when the suspect, who was part of a group that was allegedly robbing migrants in the Otay Mountain Wilderness area, pointed a cocked handgun at one of the victims, federal officials said Thursday. The man killed by the sniper's round was a 32-year-old Mexican citizen, according to U.S.
But a Sharp Grossmont doctor pronounced him dead over the phone around 8:15 a.m. after consulting with the medics at the scene. Border Patrol agents apprehended 17 migrants, but the three other alleged robbers fled back into Mexico, CBP said. Border Patrol officials have acknowledged armed bandit groups targeting migrants along the San Diego-Mexico border, mostly in the Otay Mountain Wilderness, dating back more than a year.
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