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Border Patrol Agents Assist Local Police Department

Release Date
Thu, 10/01/2020

UVALDE, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Uvalde Station assisted local police with a domestic dispute, Sept. 26.

Agents received a call from the Uvalde Police Department, requesting assistance with a possibly armed individual involved in a domestic dispute. Police advised agents that three individuals ran from them and absconded into the nearby brush after a heated argument. Agents searched the area and were able to locate all three individuals in the brush, along with a Llama Cal .45-caliber pistol. The three individuals were juvenile United States Citizens and were immediately taken into custody by the Uvalde Police Department, who will be investigating the case.

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Last Modified: Feb 03, 2021