Border Patrol involved in Arizona shooting, one person injured, local authorities say

[mystery-ak]

Border Patrol involved in Arizona shooting, one person injured, local authorities say
FBI and US Customs and Border Protection coordinate with Pima County Sheriff's Department following incident in Arivaca area
By Louis Casiano Fox News
Published January 27, 2026 2:17pm EST

Authorities in Arizona were responding Tuesday to a shooting involving the U.S. Border Patrol.

The FBI told Fox News Digital that it was investigating an alleged assault on a federal officer that occurred around 7 a.m. near Arivaca, Arizona, just miles from the southern border.

"The subject was taken into custody," the agency said. "This remains an ongoing investigation. No further information will be provided."

The Pima County Sheriff's Department said it was coordinating with the FBI and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The shots were fired near milepost 15 on Arivaca Road, according to the Santa Rita Fire District (SRFD).

Emergency responders from the Santa Rita Fire District (SRFD) and American Medical Response arrived at the scene around 7:30 a.m. and found one person in critical condition, KVOA reported.

The patient was taken to a local hospital via medical helicopter.

Fox News Digital has reached out to the fire district, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Department of Homeland Security.

Details about the circumstances of the shooting have not been disclosed.

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https://www.foxnews.com/us/border-patrol-involved-arizona-shooting-one-person-injured-local-authorities-say

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 Border Patrol agent shoots, wounds man near US-Mexico border — days after Alex Pretti killing
By Georgia Worrell
Published Jan. 27, 2026, 3:16 p.m. ET

A Border Patrol agent shot and critically wounded a man in Arizona about 30 miles from the US-Mexico border near a checkpoint on Tuesday, authorities said.

The shooting comes days after Border agents — who were deployed to help ICE round up illegal migrants — shot and killed armed ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

The gunfire erupted at around 7:30 a.m. on a road about five miles north of the US Border Patrol’s checkpoint in Amado, which is south of Tuscon on the road to the border crossing at Nogales, The Arizona Daily Star reported.

The wounded suspect is reportedly in custody at a level-one trauma hospital following the shooting.

“Patient care was transferred to a local medical helicopter for rapid transport to a regional trauma center,” the Santa Rita Fire District said.

The FBI said it was “investigating an alleged assault on a federal officer.”

The use-of-force probe will be led by the Pima County Sheriff’s Department at the request of the feds, a spokesperson told The Post.

Authorities have not publicly identified the suspect.

The sheriff’s department is expected to share more details about the incident and their investigation during a press conference starting at 6 p.m. ET.

With AP Wires.

https://nypost.com/2026/01/27/us-news/border-patrol-agents-shoot-wound-man-near-us-mexico-border-days-after-alex-pretti-killing/

[libertybele]

So....is AZ/Pima county next on the list for an incursion? 

Let's see ... if the ILLEGAL wasn't here in the first place he wouldn't have been shot, nor would we the taxpayers have to pay for his air transport to the hospital nor have to pay for further medical care!!!