Overview
- A Border Patrol K-9 alerted on a vehicle at the I-10 Sierra Blanca checkpoint around 10:30 a.m. CT, prompting agents to direct the driver to a secondary search before he sped away.
- During a roughly 70-mile chase toward Kent, the driver fired at law enforcement and at civilian vehicles on the interstate as pursuing agencies returned fire.
- DPS troopers executed a PIT maneuver to stop the car, and the suspect barricaded himself and pointed a weapon before officers shot him.
- Authorities identified the man as James Douglas McMillan, 33, of Greenfield, Wisconsin; no officers or civilians were injured, and Border Patrol agents attempted life-saving measures.
- Preliminary findings indicate the car was reported stolen out of Arizona, and the ongoing probe is led by the Texas Rangers with assistance from the FBI and U.S. Border Patrol, with officials not confirming whether a new checkpoint barrier played any role.