At least one Border Patrol agent fired into a
minivan loaded with suspected illegal immigrants Monday night after the
driver ran over his foot to try to elude arrest, authorities said
yesterday. Investigators had not determined how many agents fired or
the number of rounds discharged when the agents confronted the
occupants of the van at Spinel and Mollison avenues about 9:30 p.m.,
Border Patrol spokesman Richard Kite said. The van sped west and, after
a short pursuit, crashed at Grossmont High School, damaging a classroom
at the campus on Murray Drive, El Cajon police and school authorities
said. Authorities arrested several suspected illegal immigrants,
including a man who had been shot in the leg, during an hour-long
search of the campus, El Cajon police said. [more ]
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