Texas Border Patrol Fatally Shoots Man Who Fled Checkpoint and Shot at Officers
Border Patrol agents on Wednesday fatally shot a man who fled a border checkpoint in a stolen car and shot at officers.
The deceased shooter was identified as 33-year-old James Douglas McMillan of Wisconsin.
McMillan was crossing through a border patrol checkpoint east of El Paso when agents asked him to pull over.
He immediately sped off and began shooting out his window at agents and at civilian cars.
Border Patrol Agents pursued McMillan for 70 miles and eventually stopped his vehicle with a maneuver.
“McMillan barricaded himself in his vehicle and eventually pointed his weapon towards officers – officers then discharged their weapons,” Texas DPS said.
Per Fox News:
The shooter who fired at officers after fleeing a border checkpoint is identified by DPS as James Douglas McMillan, 33, of Greenfield, Wisconsin and was driving a stolen car from Arizona.
According to DPS, around 10:30 am, McMillan fled a checkpoint along I-10 in Sierra Blanca after a USBP drug K-9 alerted to the vehicle and agents directed McMillan to pull over for a secondary search. He led officers on a high speed chase and began shooting out the window at DPS Troopers, other responding law enforcement from the Culberson Co. Sheriff’s Office, Hudspeth Co. Sheriff’s Office, Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC) and indiscriminately at civilian vehicles.
As law enforcement returned fire, DPS Troopers performed a precision immobilization technique (PIT) maneuver and successfully stopped the suspect car. McMillan barricaded himself in his car and eventually pointed his weapon towards officers – officers then discharged their weapons. He was then shot and killed by law enforcement. No law enforcement officers or civilians were injured.
BREAKING: The shooter who fired at officers after fleeing a border checkpoint is identified by DPS as James Douglas McMillan, 33, of Greenfield, Wisconsin and was driving a stolen car from Arizona.
According to DPS, around 10:30 am, McMillan fled a checkpoint along I-10 in…
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