A Customs and Border Protection officer was shot twice in the chest during training at a gun range early Wednesday morning before he succumbed to his injuries hours later.
The victim worked as an instructor at the Trails Glades Shooting Range and was participating in a demonstration with a colleague during “building search training” when tragedy struck at around 10:30 a.m.
“On the police range side, it’s mainly Customs and Border Protection, they come in on Wednesday for practice,” a witness at the shooting range said.
“Several police officers came running over to the civilian side of the range, where the main office is, and someone had been shot, stop shooting.”
Authorities labeled the incident as “accidental.” They did not immediately identify the fallen officer.
“Right now, our thoughts and prayers are with the family of this federal agent,” police said.
“It is a very tragic incident, my heart goes out to this agent’s family, he was just doing his job and unfortunately he paid the ultimate price.”
