Around 7 a.m. Tuesday morning, a U.S. border patrol agent shot and killed a man near a U.S.-Mexico border crossing, after the man allegedly assaulted the officer by throwing rocks at him. Local news accounts reported the shooting occurred after two border patrol agents monitoring a mountainous area about four miles east of the Otay Mesa crossing
Border Patrol Agents Kill Man Trying to Cross U.S. Border For Throwing Rocks
Several immigrants crossing the border illegally will not be charged with any crime and a spokesman for the border patrol said the action was justified.