Border agent remembered as loving father, husband
By BRIAN SKOLOFF and BOB CHRISTIEBy BRIAN SKOLOFF and BOB CHRISTIE, Associated Press?
?Hundreds gathered at the funeral for U.S. Border Patrol agent Nicholas Ivie on Monday October 8, 2012 in Sierra Vista, Ariz., including brother and fellow agent Joel Ivie, left, and father and stepmother Doug and Donetta Ivie. (AP Photo/Arizona Daily Star, Benjie Sanders) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; PAC-12 OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
Hundreds gathered at the funeral for U.S. Border Patrol agent Nicholas Ivie on Monday October 8, 2012 in Sierra Vista, Ariz., including brother and fellow agent Joel Ivie, left, and father and stepmother Doug and Donetta Ivie. (AP Photo/Arizona Daily Star, Benjie Sanders) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; PAC-12 OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
U.S. Border Patrol agents lift the casket holding slain agent Nicholas Ivie during the funeral at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Sierra Vista, Ariz., on Monday, Oct. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Arizona Daily Star,Mike Christy ) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; PAC-12 OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
U.S. Border Patrol agent Nicholas Ivie's riderless horse with boots set backward in honor of the slain agent is seen during the funeral procession on Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Sierra Vista, Ariz. The head of the U.S. Border Patrol agents' union says the agent was killed when he apparently opened fire on two colleagues thinking they were armed smugglers and was killed when they returned fire. (AP Photo/Arizona Daily Star,Mike Christy ) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; PAC-12 OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
Mounted officers line the route during the funeral procession for slain U.S. Border Patrol agent Nicholas Ivie on Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Sierra Vista, Ariz. The head of the U.S. Border Patrol agents' union says the agent was killed when he apparently opened fire on two colleagues thinking they were armed smugglers and was killed when they returned fire. (AP Photo/Brian Skoloff)
FILE - This undated photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows slain Border Patrol agent Nicolas Ivie. The fatal shooting of Ivie and the wounding another U.S. Border Patrol agent near the Arizona-Mexico border may have been a case of friendly fire, a union chief for border agents and law enforcement officials said Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/U.S. Customs and Border Protection, File)
SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (AP) ? A U.S. Border Patrol agent killed in an apparent friendly fire shooting with two other agents is being remembered as a family man who loved his job and his colleagues.
Agent Nicholas Ivie died Tuesday as he and the other agents responded to a sensor alarm aimed at detecting smugglers crossing into the U.S. The shooting occurred at night about five miles north of the border near Bisbee, Ariz.
The FBI says it appeared to be friendly fire. National Border Patrol Council president George McCubbin says Ivie apparently shot first, accidentally wounding another agent before being killed in return fire. An investigation is ongoing.
During his funeral Monday, friends and family remembered Ivie as a loving father who was active in his Mormon church and dedicated to his profession.
Associated PressNews Topics: General news, Border patrols, Friendly fire, Fatherhood, Shootings, Armed forces, Military and defense, Government and politics, War and unrest, Parenting, Relationships, Lifestyle, Violent crime, Crimedaniel von bargen the beach blood diamond 8 bit google maps kids choice awards 2012 micah true kansas vs ohio state
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.