Feds probe border agent’s fatal shooting of man SW of Tucson

A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed a man Sunday in the Baboquivari Mountains on the Tohono O’odham Nation, federal officials confirmed today.

Agent Ivie died of gunshot to the head

A U.S. Border Patrol agent who was killed by friendly fire near the Arizona-Mexico border died from a gunshot wound to the head, an autopsy report released Wednesday concluded.

Autopsy: Border Patrol agent was shot in head

A U.S. Border Patrol agent who was killed by friendly fire near the Arizona-Mexico border died from a gunshot wound to the head, an autopsy report released Wednesday concluded.

Report: 3 BP agents had been in contact before fatal gunfire

Agent was killed on Oct. 2.

Report: 3 BP agents had been in contact before fatal gunfire

Three U.S. Border Patrol agents responding to an alarm from an underground sensor were apparently in radio contact as they approached from opposite directions before opening fire on each other in Cochise County, leaving one agent dead, according to a sheriff's report released Friday.

Reports: Border agents were in radio contact before fatal shooting

PHOENIX — Three U.S. Border Patrol agents responding to an alarm from a motion sensor were apparently in radio contact as they approached from opposite directions before opening fire on each other in the Arizona desert, leaving one agent dead, according to a sheriff’s report released Friday.

Another BP sector chief gone quickly

Richard Barlow is the third consecutive Tucson Sector chief to leave after less than a year.

Another BP sector chief gone quickly

The troubles of the Border Patrol's Tucson Sector, where two recent shootings have given the agency unwanted attention, now also include the loss of another sector chief.

Hundreds in Utah remember slain border patrol agent Nicholas Ivie

OREM, Utah — Friends, family and colleagues of a U.S. Border Patrol agent shot last week in Arizona remembered him Thursday as a loving family man and member of a unique group committed to protecting America and serving others.

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.

Slain border agent 'lived a life of quiet dignity' mourners told

Slain U.S. Border Patrol agent Nicholas Ivie was a quiet, family man who loved riding horses, hundreds of mourners who gathered in Sierra Vista this morning for his funeral were told.

Viewing sites for slain agent's funeral

Here are the locations where people can watch a closed-circuit broadcast of the funeral for Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie.

Border Patrol agent slain in Cochise County fired first

PHOENIX - The U.S. Border Patrol agent killed last week in a shooting in Southern Arizona apparently opened fire on two fellow agents thinking they were armed smugglers and was killed when they returned fire, the head of the Border Patrol agents union said Sunday.