JUST IN: Border Agent Shoots Individual After Taking Fire

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent shot and wounded an armed individual near the U.S.-Canada border in northern New Hampshire early Sunday, authorities said.

CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott said the agent returned fire during the encounter in Pittsburg, a small town along the Canadian frontier. The agent struck the person, who has not been publicly identified. The individual was transported to a nearby hospital, and their condition was not immediately known.

“The FBI Boston Field Office will be investigating the incident. CBP is cooperating fully with investigators. For more information, we refer you to the FBI,” Scott told WMUR.

The FBI said the shooting occurred at approximately 1 a.m. Sunday. According to a preliminary assessment, the individual opened fire on the CBP agent, who then returned fire. The bureau’s Evidence Response Team was deployed to process the scene.

No additional details about the border incident were released, including what led to the confrontation.

The violence unfolded just hours before a separate deadly security breach at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, officials said.

The U.S. Secret Service said that the incident took place around 1:30 a.m. when a man made an “unauthorized entry” through the resort’s north gate as another vehicle was exiting the property.

Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw identified the suspect as 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin of North Carolina. Authorities said Martin was carrying what appeared to be a shotgun and a fuel can when he was confronted by Secret Service agents and a deputy with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.

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“They confronted a white male that was carrying a gas can and a shotgun. He was ordered to drop those two pieces of equipment that he had with him – at which time he put down the gas can, raised the shotgun to a shooting position,” Bradshaw told reporters. “At that point in time, the deputy and the two Secret Service agents fired their weapons and neutralized the threat.”

Bradshaw said the suspect did not exchange any words with officers who instructed him to “drop the items.”

Federal authorities have not indicated any connection between the New Hampshire border shooting and the Florida incident. Both remain under investigation.

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