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Shots fired at California border checkpoint [San Ysidro, CA]

Ken Cooke - 9-22-2011 at 07:25 PM

(CNN) -- A Customs and Border Protection officer was involved in a shooting at the San Ysidro port of entry, in the area used to process pedestrians crossing the Mexican border into the United States, an official with the agency said Thursday.

The incident occurred around 5 p.m. (8 p.m. ET), according to CNN San Diego affiliate KFMB.

Video provided by the station showed two people being taken to a local hospital for treatment of wounds.

Information about who else was involved in the shooting, and the number of people injured, was not immediately available.

Processing of northbound pedestrian travelers at San Ysidro has been temporarily suspended, said CBP Public Affairs Liaison Angelica De Cima, but officials hope to resume processing soon.

source: http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/22/us/california-border-shooting/

DENNIS - 9-22-2011 at 07:29 PM

Some of these CBP jerks can bring out the worst in people....can't they.

nbacc - 9-22-2011 at 07:30 PM

worriesome

BajaBlanca - 9-22-2011 at 08:02 PM

who would carry a gun into customs ? sounds strange to me .. premeditated perhaps ?? but yeah, some agents are great and some are jerks. much like all humans


:biggrin:

DENNIS - 9-22-2011 at 08:14 PM

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Originally posted by BajaBlanca
some agents are great and some are jerks. much like all humans


:biggrin:



Yeah....but the great ones are on probation. :no:

Ken Cooke - 9-22-2011 at 08:47 PM

Officer-involved shooting at US-Mexico border
Associated Press, 09.22.11, 10:32 PM EDT

SAN DIEGO -- Authorities say a border officer shot and wounded a person at a San Diego border checkpoint.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency spokeswoman Jackie Wasiluk says the shooting happened Thursday afternoon at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, in the area used to process pedestrians crossing the border into the United States.

In a statement, Wasiluk says the agency has temporarily suspended processing northbound pedestrian travelers at the checkpoint, but hopes to resume processing soon.

It was unclear what led to the shooting.

A Fire Department spokesman says the person shot was not an officer, and was taken to a trauma center for treatment. Two other people suffered bumps and bruises in the fray.

The nationalities of the injured were not immediately known.

DENNIS - 9-23-2011 at 04:37 AM

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Originally posted by BajaBlanca
who would carry a gun into customs ?


I still haven't seen or heard anything saying the person shot had a gun. Did I miss that part?

SFandH - 9-23-2011 at 05:25 AM

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Originally posted by DENNIS
Some of these CBP jerks can bring out the worst in people....can't they.


Seems to me that there a lot of grumpy people working the border. I think the job makes them grumpy. I would be bored stiff doing the same simple task over and over again every day. It doesn't really take much thought or effort of any kind and the working conditions are far from pleasant. I wonder what the turnover is.

But, this incident broke the tedium.

Two border officers shot and wounded a man at the nation's busiest border crossing Thursday after the man grew nervous under questioning, ran away and fired a starter pistol pulled from his waistband, authorities said.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Shooting-at-San-Ysid...

DENNIS - 9-23-2011 at 06:23 AM

The morning news on this is a mess. They state the guy pulled a gun-replica....which, I suppose, qualifies him to be a target. Didn't say anything about firing a starter pistol.

Bajajorge - 9-23-2011 at 09:22 AM

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Originally posted by DENNIS
The morning news on this is a mess. They state the guy pulled a gun-replica....which, I suppose, qualifies him to be a target. Didn't say anything about firing a starter pistol.


Gun replica???:o Starter pistol???:o Who ever the :?:shootee is, has got to be a complete FOOL, or a total marooon, especially if he was waving it around in front of an armed law enforcement official.

wessongroup - 9-23-2011 at 09:27 AM

Not a "job/profession" which I would enjoy... but, that's just me... :):)

Mulegena - 9-23-2011 at 10:07 AM

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Originally posted by Bajajorge
Quote:
Originally posted by DENNIS
The morning news on this is a mess. They state the guy pulled a gun-replica....which, I suppose, qualifies him to be a target. Didn't say anything about firing a starter pistol.


Gun replica???:o Starter pistol???:o Who ever the :?:shootee is, has got to be a complete FOOL, or a total marooon, especially if he was waving it around in front of an armed law enforcement official.
Kinda like my former husband who, when asked by the US agent his purpose of visiting Mexico answered, "I was buying drugs." (He had been to a rheumatologist in Los Algodones) The poor agent rolled his eyes and was obligated to send us to secondary for a thorough search of our rv. Shoot him? I thought about it-- husband, not agent.

Broader Border issues

bajaguy - 9-23-2011 at 12:56 PM

I have been crossing the border between Baja/Mexico and California/Arizona since 1962. I have found the CBP/Customs personnel manning the border inspection booths to be professional and for the most part, courteous.

I would imagine sitting in that booth all day, breathing exhaust fumes, interacting with the traveling public could be somewhat frustrating. Hours and hours of boredom, interspersed with moments of real excitement.

Before you pass judgement on someone doing a job you don't understand, you need to walk a few miles in their shoes.

In my professional career, I have been fortunate to have the opportunity to enlighten members of the community on what the job of law enforcement really entails.....almost to a person, the civilians responded that they would have taken harsher actions against the offender and wondered why the police put up with so much crap........I'm just saying that you maybe need to reevaluate your attitudes and comments regarding the CBP personnel unless you really know what it is they do............

Maybe your attitude and or comments are the reasons you have trouble with the CBP.............Your mileage may vary. remember, they hire from the same gene pool as everybody else.

As to the information of the individual pointing a gun, real, toy or starter pistol at an armed law enforcement officer............never bring a knife (or a toy gun) to a gunfight.

Just my 2 cents worth...............

Now back to your regular programming

[Edited on 9-23-2011 by bajaguy]

DENNIS - 9-23-2011 at 01:10 PM

Sorry Terry, but some of these guy's attitudes are intolerable and if they can't handle the front lines, they shouldn't be on them. Besides, they applied for the job knowing what it entailed.
No excuse for rudeness under power and an earned reputation for cordiality would go a long way toward making the crossing experience more tolerable for everybody.
If they think they're having a bad day, how do they think everybody else is doing?
It's their job to realize this and act accordingly, but I've seen atrocious behavior come out of these people at times and one bad one will make all of them look bad.
Ya know....there are occasions when this is the first exposure to America some people will get? From all they've heard, "Wonderful America blahblahblah", it must be a large disappointment.

That's a shame.

Cisco - 9-23-2011 at 01:20 PM

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Originally posted by DENNIS
Sorry Terry, but some of these guy's attitudes are intolerable and if they can't handle the front lines, they shouldn't be on them. Besides, they applied for the job knowing what it entailed.
No excuse for rudeness under power and an earned reputation for cordiality would go a long way toward making the crossing experience more tolerable for everybody.
If they think they're having a bad day, how do they think everybody else is doing?
It's their job to realize this and act accordingly, but I've seen atrocious behavior come out of these people at times and one bad one will make all of them look bad.
Ya know....there are occasions when this is the first exposure to America some people will get? From all they've heard, "Wonderful America blahblahblah", it must be a large disappointment.

That's a shame.



I have lived on or near the border all my life. Had many neighbors who were border patrol and friends.

Since the inception of the Patriot act and the indiscriminate hiring of anyone, including felons, to "protect" our borders I am seeing that this is not what I once pridefully called U.S. Border Patrol.

Many of the "old" BP have retired in disgust after the inception of Homeland Security, disagreeing with their policies.

bajaguy - 9-23-2011 at 01:25 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by DENNIS
Sorry Terry, but some of these guy's attitudes are intolerable and if they can't handle the front lines, they shouldn't be on them. Besides, they applied for the job knowing what it entailed.
No excuse for rudeness under power and an earned reputation for cordiality would go a long way toward making the crossing experience more tolerable for everybody.
If they think they're having a bad day, how do they think everybody else is doing?
It's their job to realize this and act accordingly, but I've seen atrocious behavior come out of these people at times and one bad one will make all of them look bad.
Ya know....there are occasions when this is the first exposure to America some people will get? From all they've heard, "Wonderful America blahblahblah", it must be a large disappointment.

That's a shame.





Agree to disagree, my friend (and I mean the friend part!!!)...........we can discuss it over a beer or two in a couple of weeks

Cisco - 9-23-2011 at 01:39 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by bajaguy
Quote:
Originally posted by DENNIS
Sorry Terry, but some of these guy's attitudes are intolerable and if they can't handle the front lines, they shouldn't be on them. Besides, they applied for the job knowing what it entailed.
No excuse for rudeness under power and an earned reputation for cordiality would go a long way toward making the crossing experience more tolerable for everybody.
If they think they're having a bad day, how do they think everybody else is doing?
It's their job to realize this and act accordingly, but I've seen atrocious behavior come out of these people at times and one bad one will make all of them look bad.
Ya know....there are occasions when this is the first exposure to America some people will get? From all they've heard, "Wonderful America blahblahblah", it must be a large disappointment.

That's a shame.





Agree to disagree, my friend (and I mean the friend part!!!)...........we can discuss it over a beer or two in a couple of weeks




I do not know you and I hope we are able to meet at some point, I have enjoyed your posts.

Consider though your tag line of "Do not wish ill for your enemy, plan for it" as being the motto of the "new" CBP agents.

When pulling into an illegal stop on Hwy 8 in Arizona and hearing "Here comes so-and-so again, do you want me to flock with him put's me off their whole program.

DENNIS - 9-23-2011 at 02:29 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by bajaguy
..........we can discuss it over a beer or two in a couple of weeks


Okeedokee....I'm buyin'.

Skeet/Loreto - 9-23-2011 at 02:58 PM

Gentleman and Scholars All!

In the past 48 hour here in Amarillo, we have had 2 Police Shooting Deaths of three People. All involved in someone indicating they had a Gun are making a move as if to shoot at an Officer.

Nowdays with so many Lousy Lawyers and Govt Controls it makes it difficult to find good Officers. Is it any wonder that in dealing with some of the Scum coming across the Border that more people have not been shot?

In a way it is a Reflection of our Societies Mores and Standards{Which in my opinion are very Low} developed or undevoloped in the Past 20 years.

Bajajorge - 9-24-2011 at 09:13 AM

My wife always gets aggrevated with me when I say this, but anybody that deals face to face with human beings day after day, shift after shift learns to hate every person on the planet in a hot hurry.

I was only treated poorly once when crossing Nbound. Trying not to be sexist, but it was a female officer, and I surmise it had something to do with the calendar.

If you don't believe me try directing traffic at an accident scene sometime. Your love for mankind will disappear quite quickly and your politically correct language, race and religious tolerance goes out the window fast.

I do agree with bajaguy.

Rainer - 9-26-2011 at 08:33 AM

"the guy pulled a gun-replica....which, I suppose, qualifies him to be a target"
sure does -- how long does it take to figure out it's fake, and how long for him to pull the trigger if it is NOT fake. If you have a weapon - do you really??? want to spent the time to figure it out? If no, you have a chance - if yes, you may end up deag. Which do you prefer??