Border agents in fatal shooting had radio contact
By Brian Skoloff
On Oct. 2, three U.S. Border Patrol agents responding to a call mistakenly opened fire on each other, leaving one agent, Agent Nicholas Ivie, dead.
PHOENIX — Three U.S. Border Patrol agents responding to an alarm from a motion sensor were apparently in radio contact as they approached from opposite directions before opening fire on each other in the Arizona desert, leaving one agent dead, according to a sheriff’s report released Friday.
It was a clear night and the agents were on patrol separately when the call came in at about 1:30 a.m. Oct. 2. That the sensor aimed at detecting smugglers had been tripped.
Agent Nicholas Ivie, 30, approached on foot from the north. The two other agents walked in from the south when Ivie apparently opened fire, eliciting a deadly barrage of return fire from his colleagues. [Read More]