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Man Opens Fire on Border Patrol Building in Texas and Is Fatally Shot
Source: New York Times
The New York Times
July 7, 2025, 12:23 p.m. ET
Headline in email:
Man Opens Fire on Border Patrol Building in Texas and Is Fatally Shot
I cannot read the article in the NYT due to a paywall.
link:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/us/mcallen-airport-shooter-border-patrol.html
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/us/mcallen-airport-shooter-border-patrol.html
It will be interesting to learn who this unfortunate person "is" if we ever know the truth.
Was this a performance?
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Man Opens Fire on Border Patrol Building in Texas and Is Fatally Shot (Original Post)
NoSheep
Jul 7
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UpInArms
(53,182 posts)2. Past the paywall
PSPS
(14,747 posts)3. I think I read about this yesterday. Expect more of these performances to create the desired pretext.
Bernardo de La Paz
(57,268 posts)6. He sacrificed himself for a psyop? Nah. . . . . nt
Igel
(37,015 posts)7. A fatal performance?
Or are you suggesting that the dead guy wasn't really dead?
muriel_volestrangler
(104,213 posts)8. Named as Ryan Louis Mosqueda, 27, from Michigan
Ryan Louis Mosqueda, 27, began shooting in the parking lot, aiming toward the building and law enforcement officials, just before 6 a.m., said John Saenz, a spokesman for the McAllen Police Department. One responding police officer, Ismael Garcia, a 10-year veteran of the force, was wounded in the knee and is being treated at a local hospital, Saenz said. He is in stable condition.
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Authorities have not determined a motive. Mosqueda was a Michigan resident, according to his forms of identification and his vehicle tags and registration, Saenz said. He was reported missing on Sunday from another address associated with him in Weslaco, Texas, a city near McAllen, the police spokesman added.
Mosqueda arrived at the Border Patrol facility in a small white passenger car, parked in the facilitys parking lot, exited his vehicle with an assault rifle and opened fire, Saenz said. He was wearing a tactical vest and moved through the parking lot, continuing to fire at federal and local officers.
After Mosqueda was killed, officers found additional weapons in his vehicle, including another rifle and ammunition, Saenz said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/07/07/texas-border-patrol-shooting-mcallen/
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Authorities have not determined a motive. Mosqueda was a Michigan resident, according to his forms of identification and his vehicle tags and registration, Saenz said. He was reported missing on Sunday from another address associated with him in Weslaco, Texas, a city near McAllen, the police spokesman added.
Mosqueda arrived at the Border Patrol facility in a small white passenger car, parked in the facilitys parking lot, exited his vehicle with an assault rifle and opened fire, Saenz said. He was wearing a tactical vest and moved through the parking lot, continuing to fire at federal and local officers.
After Mosqueda was killed, officers found additional weapons in his vehicle, including another rifle and ammunition, Saenz said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/07/07/texas-border-patrol-shooting-mcallen/
(no paywall for me there)