Border Patrol Shoots, Kills Suspected Bandit at California Border

The man was robbing other illegal immigrants near the U.S.-Mexico border, said a border patrol representative.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent monitors from a vehicle a section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall near Otay Mesa between San Diego and Tijuana in San Diego County, Calif., on Jan. 12, 2022. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

U.S. Border Patrol agents shot and killed a suspected bandit who reportedly robbed other illegal immigrants near San Diego as they crossed into California from Mexico on March 3, according to the National Border Patrol Council.

The incident is under investigation, Brandon Judd, president of the union representing Border Patrol agents, told Fox News. The person who died at the scene was not identified.