Court Report

Agent Says He Killed in Self-Defense

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A U.S. Border Patrol agent said before testimony concluded in his trial that he fatally shot an illegal immigrant from Mexico because the man threatened him with a rock. Agent Nicholas Corbett told jurors he shot Francisco Javier Dominguez Rivera, 22, in self defense after Dominguez raised his arm to throw a rock at him. He said he was holding Dominguez off with his left arm with his handgun pointed downward in his right hand when he fired. Read more...


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