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NACO, Ariz. (AP) — Investigators were scouring a rugged area near the U.S.-Mexico line looking for evidence in the fatal shooting of a Border Patrol agent. Nicholas Ivie and a colleague were on patrol in the desert near Naco, about 100 miles from Tucson, when gunfire broke out shortly before 2 a.m. Tuesday, according to the Border Patrol. Ivie, 30, was killed. The other agent, whose name hasn't been released, was hospitalized after being shot in the ankle and buttocks. It was the first fatal shooting of an agent since a deadly 2010 firefight with Mexican bandits that spawned congressional probes of a botched government gun-smuggling investigation.
In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, law enforcement officers gather at a command post in the desert near Naco, Ariz., Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, after a Border Patrol agent was shot to death near the U.S.-Mexico line. The agent, Nicholas Ivie, 30, and a colleague were on patrol about 100 miles from Tucson, when shooting broke out shortly before 2 a.m., the Border Patrol said. (AP Photo/U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Gabriel Guerrero)
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In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, law enforcement officers gather at a command post in the desert near Naco, Ariz., Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, after a Border Patrol agent was shot to death near the U.S.-Mexico line. The agent, Nicholas Ivie, 30, and a colleague were on patrol about 100 miles from Tucson, when shooting broke out shortly before 2 a.m., the Border Patrol said. (AP Photo/U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Gabriel Guerrero)
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Hours after a U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed, and one other was shot and injured, James Turgal, FBI Special Agent in Charge Phoenix, arrives to speak at a news conference at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Brian A. Terry Border Patrol Station, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, in Bisbee, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Hours after a U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed, and one other was shot and injured, Manuel Padilla, left, U.S. Border Patrol Acting Chief Patrol Agent Tucson Sector, and Jeffrey Self, U.S. Border Protection Joint Field Command Arizona, leave after a news conference at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Brian A. Terry Border Patrol Station Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, in Bisbee, Ariz.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Hours after a U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed, and one other was shot and injured, Jeffrey Self, left, U.S. Border Protection Joint Field Command Arizona, issues a statement and James Turgal, FBI Special Agent in Charge Phoenix, listens during a news conference at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Brian A. Terry Border Patrol Station Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, in Bisbee, Ariz.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Hours after a U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed, and one other was shot and injured, from right to left, James Turgal, FBI Special Agent in Charge Phoenix, speaks, as Rodney Rothrock, Chief Deputy Cochise County Sheriffs Office, Jeffrey Self, U.S. Border Patrol Joint Field Command Arizona, Manuel Padilla, U.S. Border Patrol Acting Chief Patrol Agent Tucson Sector, and other Border Patrol Agents listen during a news conference at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Brian A. Terry Border Patrol Station Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, in Bisbee, Ariz.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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U.S. Border Patrol agents stand on top of their vehicles and look into Mexico west of Douglas, Ariz., after a Border Patrol agent was shot and killed on Tuesday Oct. 2, 2012. One agent was killed and another wounded in the incident. (AP Photo/Arizona Daily Star, Benjie Sanders)
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This undated photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows Border Patrol agent Nicolas Ivie. Ivie was shot to death Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 in Arizona near the U.S.-Mexico line, the first fatal shooting of an agent since a deadly 2010 firefight with Mexican bandits that spawned congressional probes of a botched government gun-smuggling investigation. (AP Photo/U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
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Hours after a U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed, and another was shot and injured, Border Patrol agents stand in front of a Border Patrol vehicle in front of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Brian A. Terry Border Patrol Station Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, in Bisbee, Ariz. The agent and a colleague were on patrol in the desert near Naco, Ariz., about 100 miles from Tucson, when shooting broke out shortly before 2 a.m., the Border Patrol said. The second agent was shot in the ankle and buttocks, and was airlifted to a hospital. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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