US Agent Shoots and Kills Mexican Citizen for Rock Throwing at Border Fox News Latino
go to original February 20, 2014

This aerial photo shows the scene of a shooting by a U.S. Border Patrol agent near San Diego on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed a Mexican citizen suspected of being in the United States illegally after the man threw large rocks at him, investigators concluded on Wednesday.

The man, 41, began throwing fist-sized rocks at the agent from a hillside perch, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department said. The rocks became larger, and one of the bigger pieces hit the agent in the head.

The sheriff's department said the agent fired his gun at least twice Tuesday, fearing he might be killed or incapacitated if he was hit again in the head. The agent tried to revive the rock-throwing attacker, Jesus Flores-Cruz, who had two gunshot wounds and died at the scene.

The Sheriff's Department released the identity of Flores-Cruz on Wednesday night, saying his identity was confirmed by a fingerprint match from a 1996 arrest by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency.

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