Border Patrol agents saw taking down Uvalde gunman as ‘suicide’ mission

Published May 26, 2022 4:26pm ET



EXCLUSIVE — UVALDE, Texas — The elite tactical agents in the Border Patrol credited with taking down the gunman in Tuesday’s mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, thought they were attempting a “suicide” mission in charging a barricaded shooter, a senior Homeland Security official said.

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