Exploding Ammo Injures Border Agents
Four U.S. Border Patrol agents were injured during their Sunday morning briefing when several rounds of ammunition went off in a bag lying at one agent’s feet.
The incident occurred about 7 a.m. at Brown Field Station, near the San Ysidro port of entry on the U.S.-Mexican border, said Ron Henley, supervisory Border Patrol agent.
About 40 agents were being briefed at the time, he said.
“Evidently, a couple of rounds of ammunition . . . in one of the equipment bags went off, and the shrapnel injured four agents,” he said.
All four were treated at a hospital for superficial wounds and were expected to be released.
Equipment bags contain an agent’s radio, flashlight, binoculars and other equipment.
The incident was under investigation, Henley said.
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