McALLEN, Texas (AP) _ A suspected illegal immigrant is in stable condition after he was shot during an altercation with a Border Patrol agent in a Kingsville convenience store.
Border Patrol spokesman John Lopez says the agent was unharmed in this morning’s struggle at the Kwik Pantry. Lopez says the agent chased the suspect into the store early this morning after he and other immigrants fled from a vehicle the Border Patrol was chasing.
Inside the store, the immigrant fought the agent’s attempts to detain him and was shot.
The suspect was airlifted to Christus Spohn Corpus Christi-Memorial hospital with a gunshot wound to the abdomen.
Lopez says the agent has more than five years experience with the agency.
Neither the identity of the suspect nor the agent have been released.