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A United States Border Patrol checkpoint is pictured near Marfa, Texas on January 29, 2020. – Agents in the Big Bend Border Patrol Sector employ tracking techniques and spend a lot of time on foot and on horseback to pursue smugglers, and drug or hum <\/p>\n
GREENFIELD, Wis. – A man from Greenfield, Wis., was shot and killed by law enforcement in West Texas after authorities say he fled a Border Patrol checkpoint and fired at officers during a high-speed pursuit.<\/p>\n
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The Texas Department of Public Safety says the incident happened Wednesday, March 4, around 10:30 a.m. near Kent, Texas.<\/p>\n
Authorities say the driver, identified as 33-year-old James Douglas McMillan of Greenfield, fled from a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint in Sierra Blanca after a drug-detection K-9 alerted to his vehicle and agents directed him to pull over for a secondary inspection.<\/p>\n
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According to Texas DPS, McMillan sped away from the checkpoint, leading multiple agencies on a pursuit.<\/p>\n
FREE DOWNLOAD: Get breaking news alerts in the FOX LOCAL Mobile app for iOS or Android<\/a><\/p>\n During the chase, authorities say McMillan began shooting out of his vehicle window at responding law enforcement officers and also fired toward civilian vehicles on the highway.<\/p>\n Troopers from the Texas DPS, along with deputies from Culberson and Hudspeth counties and members of the Border Patrol Tactical Unit, returned fire during the incident.<\/p>\n Dig deeper:<\/p>\n Texas DPS says troopers eventually used a precision immobilization technique, or PIT maneuver, to stop McMillan\u2019s vehicle.<\/p>\n Authorities say McMillan then barricaded himself inside the vehicle and later pointed a weapon toward officers. Officers then opened fire, and McMillan was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n Officials say McMillan was the only person inside the vehicle. No law enforcement officers or civilians were injured.<\/p>\n SIGN UP TODAY: Get daily headlines, breaking news emails from FOX6 News<\/a><\/p>\n Texas DPS also says the vehicle McMillan was driving had been reported stolen out of Arizona.<\/p>\n What’s next:<\/p>\n The Texas Rangers are leading the investigation with assistance from the FBI and U.S. Border Patrol.<\/p>\n The Source: The Texas Department of Public Safety provided information in this report.<\/p>\n Crime and Public Safety<\/a>Greenfield<\/a>Texas<\/a>News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article A United States Border Patrol checkpoint is pictured near Marfa, Texas on January 29, 2020. – Agents…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1046,75918,76051,223,27,29,28,216,393,26095],"class_list":{"0":"post-191677","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-crime-publicsafety","9":"tag-greenfield","10":"tag-milwaukee-county","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-texas","13":"tag-texas-headlines","14":"tag-texas-news","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-wi"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}