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Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino said men shot the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent around 3:30 a.m. near Hargill, about 25 miles northeast of McAllen. Colleagues rushed the victim to a hospital.
Investigators do not have any suspects or a vehicle description, but they are following some promising leads, said Trevino, whose agency is assisting in the investigation.
The agent was conducting surveillance related to an ongoing criminal investigation, ICE spokeswoman Nina Pruneda said.
Texas state troopers blocked several miles of the main road through Hargill. At one end, investigators with metal detectors walked through tall grass around a small white house. Officers from local, state and federal agencies scoured the road for several miles to the north of the house, looking for discarded shell casings and other evidence.
At the north end of the crime scene, an SUV with its rear window broken out sat about 50 yards off the road behind a row of squat trees. Border Patrol agents and other investigators picked their way through grass nearby.
FBI spokesman Erik Vasys said his agency is leading the investigation into the assault on a federal officer, but that any details regarding the incident would likely come from ICE.
Source:www.azcentral.com/
