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Shooter allegedly fired a shot Border Patrol Agents outside a federal building in McAllen, Texas identified as 27-year-old Michigan resident Ryan Louis Mosquito.
An active shooter with tactical equipment and rifle Turn on fire On Monday, Border Patrol agents were at a Border Patrol attachment facility in Rio Grande Valley on Monday. Law enforcement believes the attack was a purposeful ambush targeting Border Patrol officials.
At a press conference after the shooting, McAllen Police Commissioner Victor Rodriguez identified the suspicious shooter as a mosquito, saying he allegedly opened fire at the agents and opened “many, many, many rounds” at the building.
Rodriguez confirmed that the suspect was killed by a special agent who was killed at the scene.
An active shooter armed with tactical equipment and rifles opened fire at Border Patrol agents on Monday as they arrived at a Border Patrol annex facility in McAllen, Texas, to open fire in the Rio Grand Valley in the Rio Grand Valley on Monday. Law enforcement believes the attack was a purposeful ambush targeting Border Patrol officials. (Getty Images and Ice)
According to the police chief, there is no well-known motive yet, why Moseda allegedly opened fire on Border Patrol agents.
He said the suspect was linked to a Michigan address and he arrived at the scene to drive a Michigan plate. He also mentioned that the suspect’s car was spray painted in “a certain language” (probably Latin) on it, which he could not decipher.
According to Rodriguez, the mosquito was reportedly missing at an address in nearby Weslaco, “an hour and a few minutes later, he opened fire on a federal building at this particular location.”
McAllen Town Hall in Hidalgo County, Texas (iStock)
In a statement emailed to FOX News Digital, a FBI spokesperson San Antonio McAllen police have received calls from local border patrol facilities near McAllen International Airport at 5:53 a.m.
The spokesman said the armed suspect was not identified as a mosquito, but was “adult male”. “The engaged law enforcement officers responded to the scene and officials got angry again.”
A response officer was injured in the gunfire and was taken to a local hospital for treatment, according to a spokesperson. The official is in a stable condition now.
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South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem then conducted an investigation into the National Guard-National Guard border in McAllen, Texas in July 2021. Noem is now head of the Department of Homeland Security under the Trump administration. (Office of South Dakota Governor Christie Neum)
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FBI representatives said there is “no threat to public safety we know at the moment” and that an investigation is underway.
Two officers and a Border Patrol officer were injured in the shooting, including a shot in the knee, according to a statement by DHS on X.
Anders Hagstrom of Fox News Digital and Bill Melugin of Fox News contributed to the report.
