Man Who Opened Fire on Texas Border Patrol Building Is Fatally Shot

U.S.|Man Who Opened Fire on Border Patrol Building in Texas Is Fatally Shot

A man with an assault rifle opened fire on a border patrol building in McAllen, Texas, early on Monday and was shot dead by federal officers, the police said.

At about 6 a.m. local time, officers from the McAllen Police Department responded to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s McAllen Station after reports of a shooting, Police Chief Victor Rodriguez said.

The gunman was identified as Ryan Louis Mosqueda, 27, the police said.

The chief said at a news conference that there were “many dozens” of rounds fired at the building and the agents inside. The gunman did not enter the building, he said.

No federal officers were injured, but a local police officer, Ismail Garcia, a 10-year veteran of the force, was injured in the knee, either by a bullet or shrapnel, the chief said. The officer was in stable condition, the police said.

The authorities found other weapons and ammunition in the gunman’s car, which was in the station’s parking lot. The chief said there was spray paint writing on the white vehicle, which had Michigan license plates, that officers could not decipher.

A motive for the shooting, which was being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, was not immediately known.

The F.B.I. office in San Antonio said in a statement that there was “currently no threat to public safety that we are aware of.”

Chief Rodriguez said the gunman had connections to an address in the city of Weslaco, Texas, about 16 miles east of McAllen, and had been reported missing a few hours earlier on Monday morning.