Contributed Article/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection
LUKEVILLE – On Thursday, Nov. 14, a Tucson Sector Border Patrol agent discharged his service-issued firearm in an incident near Lukeville, Arizona.
At approximately 7:15 p.m., a Border Patrol agent responded to a single subject suspected of crossing the border illegally just east of Lukeville.
As the agent attempted to arrest the subject, a physical altercation ensued, and the agent discharged his firearm, striking the subject.
The subject, a citizen of Russia, was transported via helicopter to a Phoenix-area hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. The subject remains in the hospital at this time. The responding Border Patrol agent was not seriously injured in the encounter.