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Person critical after being shot in Border Patrol incident in Arizona

A person is in critical condition after being shot in an incident involving the U.S. Border Patrol in Pima County, Arizona, on Tuesday.

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Person critical after being shot in Border Patrol incident in Arizona
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A person is in critical condition after being shot in an incident involving the U.S. Border Patrol in Pima County, Arizona, on Tuesday. The Pima County Sheriff's office is working with the FBI and Customs and Border Protection to investigate the shooting, the circumstances of which remain unclear. The Department of Homeland Security has not yet commented. This incident follows the recent fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minnesota by federal immigration agents, and Renee Good earlier this month by an ICE officer. These shootings have sparked political controversy and renewed scrutiny of the tactics employed by federal agents.

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Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse, was shot and killed by federal immigration agents on Saturday in Minnesota.

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The Pima County Sheriff's office is working with the FBI and Customs and Border Protection to investigate the shooting.

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A person was in critical condition after being shot in an incident involving the Border Patrol in Pima County, Arizona.

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Pretti’s shooting has sparked renewed anger over the aggressive tactics of federal agents.

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The US ‌Border Patrol was involved in a shooting in ‍Arizona on Tuesday, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said in a statement, adding that his office was working with the FBI and Customs and Border ⁠Protection to look into the incident.NBC News earlier reported, citing a Pima County Sheriff spokeswoman, that a person was in critical condition after being shot in an incident involving the ‍Border Patrol in the county that includes Tucson and is located ‍along the US-Mexico border.The circumstances of the incident were not immediately clear. The Department of Homeland Security ‌did not immediately respond to a request for comment.The incident comes ‍after the killing of 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse shot multiple times by federal immigration agents on Saturday in Minnesota.Outcry after ICE killing of another US citizenOutcry after ICE killing of another US citizenCoupled with the fatal shooting of ‌Renee Good, ⁠also 37, earlier this month by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, Pretti’s shooting has become a full-blown political crisis for US President Donald Trump and sparked renewed anger over the aggressive ‌tactics of the federal agent
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