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Wounded border patrol agent released from hospital

Former Provo resident Nicholas Ivie died during attack

By Deseret News
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U.S. Border Patrol agents patrol the border fence near where a U.S. Border Patrol agent Nicholas Ivie was shot and killed, and one other was shot and injured, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, in Naco, Ariz.

U.S. Border Patrol agents patrol the border fence near where a U.S. Border Patrol agent Nicholas Ivie was shot and killed, and one other was shot and injured, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, in Naco, Ariz.

Ross D. Franklin, Associated Press
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Hours after a U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed, and another was shot and injured, Border Patrol agents stand in front of a Border Patrol vehicle in front of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Brian A. Terry Border Patrol Station Tuesday,

Hours after a U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed, and another was shot and injured, Border Patrol agents stand in front of a Border Patrol vehicle in front of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Brian A. Terry Border Patrol Station Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, in Bisbee, Ariz. The agent and a colleague were on patrol in the desert near Naco, Ariz., about 100 miles from Tucson, when shooting broke out shortly before 2 a.m., the Border Patrol said. The second agent was shot in the ankle and buttocks, and was airlifted to a hospital.

Ross D. Franklin, ASSOCIATED PRESS
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In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, law enforcement officers gather at a command post in the desert near Naco, Ariz., Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, after a Border Patrol agent was shot to death near the U.S.-Mexico line. The agent, Nich

In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, law enforcement officers gather at a command post in the desert near Naco, Ariz., Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, after a Border Patrol agent was shot to death near the U.S.-Mexico line. The agent, Nicholas Ivie, 30, and a colleague were on patrol about 100 miles from Tucson, when shooting broke out shortly before 2 a.m., the Border Patrol said.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Gabriel Guerrero, Associated Press
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Hours after a U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed, and one other was shot and injured, from right to left, James Turgal, FBI Special Agent in Charge Phoenix, speaks, as Rodney Rothrock, Chief Deputy Cochise County Sheriffs Office, Jeffrey Self, U

Hours after a U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed, and one other was shot and injured, from right to left, James Turgal, FBI Special Agent in Charge Phoenix, speaks, as Rodney Rothrock, Chief Deputy Cochise County Sheriffs Office, Jeffrey Self, U.S. Border Patrol Joint Field Command Arizona, Manuel Padilla, U.S. Border Patrol Acting Chief Patrol Agent Tucson Sector, and other Border Patrol Agents listen during a news conference at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Brian A. Terry Border Patrol Station Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, in Bisbee, Ariz.

Ross D. Franklin, Associated Press
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U.S. Border Patrol agents stand on top of their vehicles and look into Mexico west of Douglas, Ariz., after a Border Patrol agent was shot and killed on Tuesday Oct. 2, 2012. One agent was killed and another wounded in the incident.

U.S. Border Patrol agents stand on top of their vehicles and look into Mexico west of Douglas, Ariz., after a Border Patrol agent was shot and killed on Tuesday Oct. 2, 2012. One agent was killed and another wounded in the incident.

Arizona Daily Star, Benjie Sanders) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; PAC-12 OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT, Associated Press
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In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, law enforcement officers gather at a command post in the desert near Naco, Ariz., Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, after a Border Patrol agent was shot to death near the U.S.-Mexico line. The agent, Nich

In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, law enforcement officers gather at a command post in the desert near Naco, Ariz., Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, after a Border Patrol agent was shot to death near the U.S.-Mexico line. The agent, Nicholas Ivie, 30, and a colleague were on patrol about 100 miles from Tucson, when shooting broke out shortly before 2 a.m., the Border Patrol said.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Gabriel Guerrero, Associated Press
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Hours after a U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed, and one other was shot and injured, Jeffrey Self, right, of the Customs Border Protection Joint Field Command, Manuel Padilla, second from right, Acting Chief Patrol Agent Tucson Sector U.S. Bord

Hours after a U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed, and one other was shot and injured, Jeffrey Self, right, of the Customs Border Protection Joint Field Command, Manuel Padilla, second from right, Acting Chief Patrol Agent Tucson Sector U.S. Border Patrol, and other Border Patrol agents listen during a news conference at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Brian A. Terry Border Patrol Station Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, in Bisbee, Ariz.

Ross D. Franklin, ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Law enforcement agents stand on top of an armored vehicle at the U.S.-Mexico border fence looking into Mexico during a search for suspects in the shooting death of a Border Patrol agent on Tuesday Oct. 2, 2012 west of Douglas, Ariz. One agent was killed

Law enforcement agents stand on top of an armored vehicle at the U.S.-Mexico border fence looking into Mexico during a search for suspects in the shooting death of a Border Patrol agent on Tuesday Oct. 2, 2012 west of Douglas, Ariz. One agent was killed and another wounded in the incident.

Benjie Sanders/Arizona Daily Star, ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Hours after a U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed, and another was shot and injured, a Border Patrol helicopter prepares to land at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Brian A. Terry Border Patrol Station Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, in Bisbee, Ariz

Hours after a U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed, and another was shot and injured, a Border Patrol helicopter prepares to land at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Brian A. Terry Border Patrol Station Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, in Bisbee, Ariz.

Ross D. Franklin, ASSOCIATED PRESS
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U.S. Border Patrol agents stand on top of their vehicles and look into Mexico west of Douglas, Ariz., after a Border Patrol agent was shot and killed on Tuesday Oct. 2, 2012. One agent was killed and another wounded in the incident.

U.S. Border Patrol agents stand on top of their vehicles and look into Mexico west of Douglas, Ariz., after a Border Patrol agent was shot and killed on Tuesday Oct. 2, 2012. One agent was killed and another wounded in the incident.

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Border Patrol Agent Nicolas Ivie.

Border Patrol Agent Nicolas Ivie.

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Border Patrol Agent Nicolas Ivie

Border Patrol Agent Nicolas Ivie

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Border Patrol Agent Nicolas Ivie, 30, was killed after he and two other agents responded to a sensor hit near mile marker 352 on Arizona state Route 80.

Border Patrol Agent Nicolas Ivie, 30, was killed after he and two other agents responded to a sensor hit near mile marker 352 on Arizona state Route 80.

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U.S. Border Patrol agents patrol the border fence near where a U.S. Border Patrol agent Nicholas Ivie was shot and killed, and one other was shot and injured, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, in Naco, Ariz.
Hours after a U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed, and another was shot and injured, Border Patrol agents stand in front of a Border Patrol vehicle in front of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Brian A. Terry Border Patrol Station Tuesday,
In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, law enforcement officers gather at a command post in the desert near Naco, Ariz., Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, after a Border Patrol agent was shot to death near the U.S.-Mexico line. The agent, Nich
Hours after a U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed, and one other was shot and injured, from right to left, James Turgal, FBI Special Agent in Charge Phoenix, speaks, as Rodney Rothrock, Chief Deputy Cochise County Sheriffs Office, Jeffrey Self, U
U.S. Border Patrol agents stand on top of their vehicles and look into Mexico west of Douglas, Ariz., after a Border Patrol agent was shot and killed on Tuesday Oct. 2, 2012. One agent was killed and another wounded in the incident.
In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, law enforcement officers gather at a command post in the desert near Naco, Ariz., Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, after a Border Patrol agent was shot to death near the U.S.-Mexico line. The agent, Nich
Hours after a U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed, and one other was shot and injured, Jeffrey Self, right, of the Customs Border Protection Joint Field Command, Manuel Padilla, second from right, Acting Chief Patrol Agent Tucson Sector U.S. Bord
Law enforcement agents stand on top of an armored vehicle at the U.S.-Mexico border fence looking into Mexico during a search for suspects in the shooting death of a Border Patrol agent on Tuesday Oct. 2, 2012 west of Douglas, Ariz. One agent was killed
Hours after a U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed, and another was shot and injured, a Border Patrol helicopter prepares to land at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Brian A. Terry Border Patrol Station Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, in Bisbee, Ariz
U.S. Border Patrol agents stand on top of their vehicles and look into Mexico west of Douglas, Ariz., after a Border Patrol agent was shot and killed on Tuesday Oct. 2, 2012. One agent was killed and another wounded in the incident.
Border Patrol Agent Nicolas Ivie.
Border Patrol Agent Nicolas Ivie
Border Patrol Agent Nicolas Ivie, 30, was killed after he and two other agents responded to a sensor hit near mile marker 352 on Arizona state Route 80.

NACO, Ariz. — A Border Patrol agent who was wounded in a shooting near the U.S.-Mexico border has been released from the hospital.

The agent underwent surgery after he and two other agents were attacked Tuesday in a rugged hilly area about five miles north of the border. They were responding to an alarm triggered on a border sensor near Bisbee, Ariz.

Agent Nicholas Ivie, who grew up from Provo, was killed. The agent who was hospitalized had been shot in the ankle and buttocks.

The third agent wasn't injured.

A federal law enforcement official who spoke on the condition of anonymity says investigators who are scouring the area near the shooting haven't yet found a gun in their search.

The official requested anonymity because information on the search hasn't been publicly released.

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