msnbc.com staff and news service reports updated 9:41 a.m. PT, Tues., June 8, 2010 EL PASO, Texas - A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed a 14-year-old boy after a confrontation at an international bridge near downtown El Paso, Mexican authorities said Tuesday.
Chihuahua State officials released a statement Tuesday demanding a full investigation into the death of the boy, identified as Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereca.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Doug Mosier said preliminary reports indicated one person was shot Monday evening on the U.S. side of the Paso Del Norte bridge, across from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
Mosier referred to the FBI for further comment.
FBI special agent Andrea Simmons said there was "an assault on a federal agent," which resulted in the shooting. The agent wasn't injured.
Simmons said the FBI was leading the investigation since it involved an assault on an officer.
U.S. authorities did not immediately release the agent's identity. Lou Patch, El Paso's supervisory border patrol agent, confirmed to msnbc.com that it was an agent from his sector.
Less than two weeks ago, Mexican migrant Anastacio Hernandez, 32, died after a Customs and Border Protection officer shocked him with a stun gun at the San Ysidro border crossing that separates San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico.
Last week the San Diego medical examiner's office ruled that death a homicide.
