The man shot and killed southwest of Tucson Friday morning by a Border Patrol agent has been identified as 23-year-old Edgar Amaro López, a Mexico national.
Amaro López died of a single gunshot to the head, data from the Pima County Medical Examiner’s Office show. No other information has been released about the incident.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the leading agency in the case, said they are still looking for additional suspects.
Mexico Consulate officials in Tucson said in a written statement that their office has been in touch with relatives of Amaro López to offer them their assistance and will continue to follow up the investigation.
Two agents were after several men in the area of South Vahalla and West Zorro roads Friday morning when one of the men tried to shoot one of the agents, said Sean Chapman, an attorney who is representing one of the agents.
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“One agent fired his weapon in response to being threatened by the man with a side arm,” he said. “The other members of the group ran off, and then agents found rifles on the ground in the area.”
No agents were wounded in the shooting about 10:30 a.m. east of West Valencia Road and Arizona 86.
