Over 1,000 join to remember fallen BP officer

Christy Ivie, wife of slain Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie, carries daughter Raigan, center, and follows the casket out of the LDS meetinghouse in Sierra Vista. An aunt holds the Ivies' other daughter, Presley, at right.

Over 1,000 join to remember fallen BP officer

Nicholas Ivie

Over 1,000 join to remember fallen BP officer

Mounted Border Patrol agents flank the hearse carrying the body of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie, who was a member of the horse patrol team in the Border Patrol's station in Naco.

Over 1,000 join to remember fallen BP officer

The tamed mustang "Mouse" that Nicholas Ivie rode in the Border Patrol walked with an empty saddle and Ivie's boots in the stirrups. A horse-led procession brought Ivie's body from a Sierra Vista funeral home.

Over 1,000 join to remember fallen BP officer

Nicholas Ivie's brother, father and other family members were among the many at the funeral. Ivie died Tuesday when he was shot in what federal investigators believe was an accidental exchange of gunfire at night.

More than 1,000 join to remember fallen Border Patrol officer Nicholas Ivie

SIERRA VISTA - Slain Border Patrol agent Nicholas Ivie died in a "beautiful" area he knew well, his brother told mourners Monday at the agent's funeral service.