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ABC: Authorities Investigating if Border Patrol Agent Killed By Friendly Fire

Oct. 5, 2012 7:56am Jonathon M. Seidl

Border Agent Nicholas Ivie May Have Been Killed by Friendly Fire

This undated photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows Border Patrol agent Nicolas Ivie. Ivie was shot to death Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 in Arizona near the U.S.-Mexico line, the first fatal shooting of an agent since a deadly 2010 firefight with Mexican bandits that spawned congressional probes of a botched government gun-smuggling investigation. Credit: AP

ABC News sources tell the outlet that authorities are investigating whether Border Patrol agent Nicholas Ivie was killed earlier this week as a result of friendly fire.

Ivie was shot and killed while on horseback in the wee hours of Tuesday morning near the border of Naco, AZ.

ABC reports:

The scenario that is being examined is whether the fatal shooting happened in the “fog of war” following some type of encounter.

Additional forensics are being done on ballistics and additional interviews are being conducted to determine if the matter can be resolved in the coming days.

It’s unclear from the report if this possibility is a normal part of any investigation or if it is considered a strong possibility that warrants a more in-depth look.

Ivie was shot along with another colleague who was taken to the hospital but survived. They were ironically assigned to the Brian Terry station, named after a slain agent killed with a gun from Fast and Furious.

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noslave
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 8:19pm
it was a stray bullet from angry protestors in libia who were pissed over a video made in july???whats sad is american justice is held hostage by obamas crew of crooked mutts(holder,clinton,napolitano,etc.)it would be refreshing if they got hit by friendly fire??

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ICANHANDLETHETRUTH
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 7:29pm
I do not beleive one word out of these AZZ Wipes !!!!!!! They will say and do anything to protect Erkell and Holder !!!!!!!

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Nanaswords
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 4:40pm
Investigation ?????? Justice Dept.?????? Napolitano Dept ?????? What a JOKE !!!!!!!!!

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- junkmaninohio
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 5:11pm
  The Justice department and Homeland Security could not investigate a ham sandwich in a brown paper bag. They’re a joke.
  
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hades3
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 3:51pm
How many illegals or drug mules enter our country on horseback ? My guess…..maybe 1 in 100,000.
Consequently, if other border patrol agents encountered someone on horseback, odds are it would be one of ours. As a result, the the chances of two individuals being hit by friendly fire, are probably one in 5 million.

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CoyoteMoon
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 3:13pm
The entire area is being hung out to dry, just as they did in Monument Fire. The Fort has had virtually all personnel laid off, some after 30 years of faithful service. When Monument broke out, it was weeks after the Aerostat broke its moorings in wind, something that hasn’t happened since it’s brought down at the first hint of wind. Listening to the helicopter, Antelope, Garden & the golf course fires broke out in sequence along a “known route.” The blowout happened after a failed burnout the night before – I listened to the radio transmissions all night, I heard them. The only properties that made it were the ones local firefighters told the feds to bug off & did burnbacks on their own. 30 were picked up in a residential area last week, there’s constant traffic even coming off the Fort. And the president has the NERVE to say his primary duty is to protect us? We’re not seeing it here.

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- therealconservative
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 6:52pm
  “The Fort has had virtually all personnel laid off”
  
  What????
  
  Also your take on the fires are wrong. I also listened to the radio transmission, from the RV park behind RV City as the fire came through my yard.
  
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listeninginVT
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:35pm
This is another outrage from Pravda. Take a single fact, the Border agent was shot and killed, then speculate, hypothesize, then publish you fantasy (the way They would prefer it happened) that other agents killed him, not the militant drug runners crossing the US border.
MS media is pathetic and dangerous. I hope more people SUE them for their false stories.

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nosharia
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:30pm
I don’t believe the ABC story. One officer getting hit by friendly fire…iffy. TWO officers getting hit by friendly fire…ridiculous.

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pdw
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:03pm
I see there are a few sore heads that do not think Obama can do anything wrong. I guess their 8 years of slandering Bush make them think that their are the only ones who are allowed to do so.

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megbyu
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:15pm
This was the commentary on NBC with Brian Williams as well. When I watched our local NBC news last night, they parroted the same foolish thing. They then proceeded to show an interview with a local investigator that said there was absolutely NO EVIDENCE that corresponded with those claims but as the investigation continues they can not rule anything out. Good grief! If they are getting their headlines from this, they can claim virtually anything happened. We are familiar with some of the family members of Nick and pray for them, especially his wife and children. I am so upset thinking about the lives of this man as well as those who died in Libya being used is so blatant a political way.

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Akridgerunner
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:08pm
Friendly fire my a**. This is just a diversionary tactic by Holder to try to distract the public and confuse the issue. What crap.

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Chuck7884
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:12am
Friendly fire usually is assumed if there was a on going fire fight,Which was not reported. so which is it ?. Two officers rode into a fire fight or were they just gunned down?.

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neverending
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:24am
This and the death of Sheriff Dever do not pass the smell test. It is so troubling that it is always the corrupt administration doing the investigating. God bless his family and carry them through this tragic journey they are now on and God please help us all to come through this nightmare we are living

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Gonzo
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:00am
If that doesn’t work, maybe there is a Youtube video to blame?

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thegreatcarnac
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 9:54am
“Friendly fire” my behind. This is only suggested to try and ease the political fire on obama and holder. God….I hate this whole regime and the liberals supporting it. They will go to any lengths to prop them up. It is almost funny ….almost.

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- loriann12
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:10am
  When the enemy has our guns, how can you tell whether it was friendly fire or drug lords?
  
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- omgfolks
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:23am
  Some peolpe with Blame Obama for anything, Cat gets a cold, Obama did it. Come on folks, give it a rest, do you really beleive the Potus had anything to do with this? Give me a break, IF Romney wins and cuts a break to all those millionaires and billionaires and NO JOBS COME FROM THEIR TAX BREAKS who will you balme then? Our country is the PRODUCT OF GREED, this is what happens when you have politicians there just to get their names in the hisory books, Lawyers who raped the economy and a Goverment by the Goverment for the Goverment. We should have never bailed out the banks, we should have allowed them to fail and started over , maybe then we could have gotten it right.
  
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Capt_Gregg
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 9:47am
From the ABC report: “The FBI Phoenix field division would only say in a statement that, “Due to the sensitive and ongoing nature of this investigation, the FBI is unable to provide any further details at this time.”

The FBI is under the Dept. of Justice, and we know who heads that. Looks to me like Holder is once again playing CYA.

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- neverending
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:38am
  Many of us think the exact same way.
  
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- Capt_Gregg
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:19pm
  I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if the results of this “investigation” are not released until after the election, especially if F & F weapons are found to have been involved.
  
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 9:40am
I will wait until the investigation is complete, but will venture to guess that he was NOT killed by “friendly fire.”

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noslave
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 9:37am
abc makes grimm brothers look like amatuers,when it comes to spinning fairey tales?? obama and crew in light of fast and furious,libia,border killings,etc.before an election,cant afford more bad news showing what crooked,incompetitant,liars we have in the white house at this time??

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davidwjohnson
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 9:16am
WOW, it’s amazing the depths ABC will go to protect Obama!

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- stablepar
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 9:25am
  killed on horseback?????why aren’t our border guards in tanks? this isn’t such a difficult problem to fix
  
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- loriann12
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:13am
  Our Border Patrol are forced to ride horses so as not to disturb the natural suroundings, you know the ones that the ill eagles coming across litter up with trash and quarans?
  
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- Capt_Gregg
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:33pm
  @ STAPLEPAR & LORIANN12
  The terrain just north of Naco is mountainous, and would be nearly impossible to patrol other than on foot or horseback. Much of that area is not even suitable for ATVs.
  
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- teddrunk
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:43pm
  Doesn’t smell like a federal job. If the Feds were involved the dead would be women & children, and they die being “rescued”.
  
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Detroit paperboy
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 9:12am
Friendly fire No, fast and furious Yes…………………

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cal_105
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 9:05am
I would guess that “friendly fire” near the Mexican border could be a real problem. Leave it to ABC to try to make it a problem there. Would fit right in with their agenda.

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grimmster
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 8:30am
Hmmmmm friendly fire,now how many instances of friendly fire have you heard of over the years involving border patrol agents, of and law inforcement agency? This sounds fisky, are they saying friendly fire because he was killed with a weapon from FandF?I hope this wasnt a case of friendly fire,but either way, i have to wonder if the truth will come out about this agents death…..

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david3755
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 8:21am
Considering who is doing the investigating (ABC) I doubt anything they say is factual. Look at the mess they made in Colorado. This is what happens when you have no credibility. Everything you report is doubted.

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Strait Talk Express
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 8:02am
Please prey to God for his soul and have pity if a US lawman shot him to death. Or woman.

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