Original title was "Stretch of U.S.-Canada border shut down"
BLAINE, Wash. - A high-speed chase that ended in gunfire closed the U.S.-Canadian border crossing near here for hours Tuesday, authorities said. Two men sought in a California homicide were arrested after one of them was shot and wounded...A car carrying two men matching the description was seen about six miles south of the border on Interstate 5. When a sheriff's deputy tried to stop the car, the occupants sped off, reaching speeds of 100 mph...a Customs and Border Protection agent fired his gun, striking one of the men...[The two suspects] were sought in the Saturday shooting death of a 43-year-old man [in Richmond CA].
We can all be sure terrorism was not a factor
The most interesting line to me was
An unspecified number of Canadian border agents, who are unarmed, left their posts during the incident because they were concerned about their safety...Managers took over and security was not compromised
If the Canadian border agents are that concerned about their safety, they should seek different employment. They must not know there's a war on. |