FBI investigates shooting involving border agents [on the Tohono Oodham Nation, AZ]
The FBI has opened an investigation after two Border Patrol agents shot and wounded two suspected drug smugglers after agents said the pair threw rocks at them.
FBI spokesman Manuel Johnson said the violence occurred Saturday afternoon on the Tohono O’odham Nation.
Johnson said border agents intercepted two men who were hauling backpacks containing drugs. The agents opened fire after the suspects hurled rocks at them.
The wounded men were transported to a Tucson hospital. Johnson said he was told neither suffered life-threatening injuries.
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