ARIVACA, Ariz. — One person was shot and in critical condition Tuesday in a shooting involving the Border Patrol near the U.S.- Mexico border, authorities in Arizona said.
The Pima County Sheriff's Department said it was working with the FBI and U.S. Customs and Border Protection in response to the shooting in Arivaca, Arizona, a community about 10 miles from the border.
The shooting involved a Border Patrol agent and a suspect, the Pima County Sheriff's Department told the Arizona Daily Star.
The area is a common path for drug smugglers and migrants who illegally cross the border, so agents regularly patrol there.
Authorities released no information about what led to the shooting or anything about the suspect. The shooting comes comes in a month that has seen three shootings — two fatal — by immigration officers involved in the massive Department of Homeland Security enforcement operation in Minnesota.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the FBI did not immediately respond to emails and telephone calls seeking more information.
The Santa Rita Fire District said it responded to the shooting and the person who was wounded was in custody.
"Patient care was transferred to a local medical helicopter for rapid transport to a regional trauma center," the fire district said.
One level-one trauma center hospital in Tucson declined to release information, and the Associated Press was waiting on a response from another.
