Rest In Peace: Border Agent Nicolas Ivie

Slain Border Agent Identified: Nicolas Ivie ‘Ambushed’, Gunned Down Near Arizona Border
By John Hill on October 2, 2012
Officials have confirmed that the Border Patrol agent that was shot and killed early this morning is 30-year-old Nicholas J. Ivie.

Ivie  was killed after he and two other agents responded to an
unusual sensor reading near Highway 80 about 7 miles east of Bisbee,
according to Border Patrol officials.

Ivie was patrolling the area with a pair of agents after being
alerted that a sensor had been tripped, according to Cochise County
Sheriff’s Commander Marc Denney. Denney told the Los Angeles Times that agents were ambushed.
The agents radioed that they had come under fire, he said, attacked by
three or four people who appear to have fled on foot into the rocky
hills.

It was not clear whether the agents returned fire, and Border Patrol
spokesmen declined to provide more details about the shooting. By the
time deputies responded, the gunmen had disappeared, Denney
said. ”Whether they were picked up in another vehicle is unknown,”
Denney said, adding that the gunmen had ample time to flee and hide.
“They had a bit of a jump on us.” Denney said the motive for the
shooting was still “highly unknown.”

In an official news release,
Customs and Border Protection officials confirmed the identity of the
agent killed as Ivie, who has been with Border Patrol since January
2008. He is a native of Provo, Utah.

“First and foremost, our thoughts and prayers are
with Agent Ivie’s family during this terrible time,” said Jeffrey D.
Self, commander of the Joint Field Command – Arizona. “This is a tragic
loss for Customs and Border Protection. We have an unwavering commitment
to pursue and bring the perpetrators of this heinous act to justice.”…

Go read Governor Brewer’s statement, and more, here.

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