An active shooter armed with tactical gear and a rifle opened fire upon Border Patrol agents as they arrived at a Border Patrol annex facility in McAllen, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley on Monday. Law enforcement believes the attack was a purposeful ambush targeting Border Patrol officials. (Getty Images and ICE)
According to the police chief, there is no known motive yet for why Mosqueda allegedly opened fire on Border Patrol agents.
He said the suspect is associated with an address in Michigan and that he arrived at the scene driving a vehicle with Michigan plates. He also mentioned that the suspect’s car had spray-painting on it with "some language on it," possibly Latin, that he could not decipher.
According to Rodriguez, Mosqueda was reported missing from an address in nearby Weslaco and "an hour and a few minutes later he was at this particular location, opening fire on a federal building."
Then South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem surveys the southern border with National Guard troops at McAllen, Texas in July 2021. Noem now serves as the head of the Department of Homeland Security under the Trump administration. (Office of South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem)
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The FBI representative said there is "currently no threat to public safety that we are aware of" and that the investigation is ongoing.
According to a statement by DHS on X, two officers and a Border Patrol employee were injured during the shooting, including one shot in the knee.
Fox News Digital's Anders Hagstrom and Fox News' Bill Melugin contributed to this report.
Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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