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Border Patrol agent fatally shot person near San Diego shopping mall along U.S.-Mexico border

This photo shows a U.S. Border Patrol patch on a border agent's uniform in McAllen, Texas, on Jan. 15, 2019. (Credit: SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images)

A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed a person near the California border with Mexico Friday evening.

The shooting occurred at about 5:45 p.m. Friday near the Las Americas Premium Outlets in the San Ysidro district of San Diego, according to the Border Patrol. The person was pronounced dead at about 6:25 p.m.


The area is close to the border crossing.

Other details weren’t immediately released.