A CBP helicopter deployed to provide air cover and Mexican authorities rushed to the spot on their side where agents believed the shots came from.
Agents saw the boy dropped just after 9 p.m. Monday and then summoned firefighters and emergency medical personnel. They were there, along with Border Patrol agents and the boy, when the gunfire began.
“Agents reported hearing both the impact and ricochet of gunshots off of the secondary border barrier just north of their location,” Customs and Border Protection said in a statement detailing the attack.
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