Man fatally shot near Sumas border was wanted for murder
Posted March 20, 2015 1:55 pm.
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SUMAS, Wash. (NEWS1130) – American officials say a man fatally shot by a US Border Patrol agent Thursday near the Sumas border was wanted for murder in another jurisdiction.
A US Customs and Border Protection statement says border patrol agents responded when a sensor along the border was activated near the crossing at around 2:30 p.m.
In the statement, Blaine chief patrol agent Dan Harris Jr. says the man failed to follow verbal requests and displayed “erratic and threatening behaviour” before spraying the agent with an unidentified chemical.
Harris says the agent opened fire and killed the man, and the agent was then transported for medical treatment.
Whatcom County sheriff Bill Elfo did not say where the suspect is wanted for murder during today’s news conference.
He did say investigators found a hatchet inside a backpack that the man was carrying.
