Crime

Border Patrol agent in Arizona shot while on duty

By Anna Giaritelli
Published June 12, 2018 8:29pm ET
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Border Patrol agent in Arizona shot while on duty
In this June 5, 2014 photo, a Border Patrol agent uses a headset and computer to conduct a long distance interview by video with a person arrested crossing the border in Texas, from a facility in San Diego. Hit with a dramatic increase of Central Americans crossing in South Texas, the Border Patrol is relieving staffing woes by enlisting agents in less busy sectors to process arrests through video interviews. | (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

A Border Patrol agent stationed out of the Tucson Sector in Arizona was shot on duty and taken to a local hospital early Tuesday morning, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials.

The unnamed agent was shot around 4:30 a.m. Pacific Time while working just south of Arivaca, which sits 10 miles north of the Mexico border.

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