Border Patrol agent likely killed by fellow agent in accidental shooting, FBI says
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The FBI announced Friday night there were "strong preliminary indications" that a Border Patrol agent who died this week in a shooting just north of the Mexico-Arizona border was killed by one of his fellow agents, Foxnews reports.
That announcement came after officials from multiple federal law enforcement agencies met with local authorities about the shooting that killed Agent Nicholas Ivie. Authorities also met with the family of the killed agent, Nicholas Ive, to express their condolences.
“I am deeply saddened by the death our fallen colleague," Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said. "This tragedy reminds us of the risks our men and women confront, the dangers they willingly undertake, while protecting our nation’s borders."
Law enforcement sources tell Fox News they have made important progress and suspect that Ivie and another agent may have shot at each other accidentally while pursuing drug-runners, but investigators don't think the drug-runners fired on the agents.


















































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