A high speed chase and shootout along the Texas-Mexico border left a Wisconsin man dead after officials said he sped off from Border Patrol checkpoint.According to a published statement from the Texas Department of Public Safety, the incident happened Wednesday morning around 10:30 a.m. near Sierra Blanca, one of the busiest border checkpoints in the region.The statement said the man, a K-9 at the checkpoint alerted investigators to the vehicle James McMillan was driving. The alert should have triggered a secondary search, but officials said McMillan, 33, sped off.During the chase, officials said, McMillan started shooting from a window at police and “indiscriminately at civilian vehicles,” the release said. Police returned fire and a Texas trooper used a PIT maneuver to disable the vehicle.”McMillan barricaded himself in his vehicle and eventually pointed his weapon towards officers – officers then discharged their weapons. He was then shot and killed by law enforcement,” the Texas DPS statement said. No officers or civilians were injured.According to the Texas DPS investigation, the car McMillan was driving was reported stolen out of Arizona. The Texas Rangers are investigating the incident.

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A high speed chase and shootout along the Texas-Mexico border left a Wisconsin man dead after officials said he sped off from Border Patrol checkpoint.

According to a published statement from the Texas Department of Public Safety, the incident happened Wednesday morning around 10:30 a.m. near Sierra Blanca, one of the busiest border checkpoints in the region.

The statement said the man, a K-9 at the checkpoint alerted investigators to the vehicle James McMillan was driving. The alert should have triggered a secondary search, but officials said McMillan, 33, sped off.

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UPDATE: On Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at around 10:30 a.m. CT, Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Texas Highway Patrol Troopers and Aircraft Operations Division (AOD) pilots were called to assist in a high-speed pursuit involving a vehicle that fled a U.S. Border Patrol…

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During the chase, officials said, McMillan started shooting from a window at police and “indiscriminately at civilian vehicles,” the release said. Police returned fire and a Texas trooper used a PIT maneuver to disable the vehicle.

“McMillan barricaded himself in his vehicle and eventually pointed his weapon towards officers – officers then discharged their weapons. He was then shot and killed by law enforcement,” the Texas DPS statement said.

No officers or civilians were injured.

According to the Texas DPS investigation, the car McMillan was driving was reported stolen out of Arizona.

The Texas Rangers are investigating the incident.