January 16, 2014
Gabriel Sanchez Velasquez, 32; Border Patrol agent: not named
Agents were tracking a group of illegal immigrants about 8:30 p.m. about 30 miles northeast of Douglas. Two people were caught without incident, but a third person ran away, a spokeswoman for the Cochise County Sheriff's Office said.
Gabriel Sanchez Velasquez, 32, was found a short time later hiding under a tree and began to fight with the agent. The man also tried to take the agent's gun, which prompted the agent to grab his weapon and shoot the man, she said.
The Pima County Medical Examiner's Office determined that the gunshots had a downward trajectory and that shots were fired from a "indeterminent/distant range" from the subject, according to The Arizona Republic.
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The Cochise County Attorney's office deemed the use of deadly force justified and declined to prosecute the case in May 2014.
