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Last time we checked, shooting into another country’s territory was against international law. But the United States Border Patrol isn’t one to get all bogged down international law, especially in the face of rocks.

The incident began unfolding about 10 p.m. Tuesday, when an officer with the federal agency on patrol near the 300 block of Virginia Avenue spotted three or four people attempting to scale the south side of the border fence, according to San Diego police.
The agent fired a pepper-ball gun “in the direction” of the would-be illegal immigrants in an attempt to get them off the barrier, said Lt. Terry McManus of the SDPD Homicide Unit, which investigates all officer-involved shootings in the city.

Moments later, stones “larger than softball-size” and other debris began landing near the agent as he sat in his patrol vehicle, McManus told reporters during an afternoon briefing.

“He believed he was being attacked — he, in fact, was being attacked by individuals on the other side of the border,” the lieutenant said. “They were throwing large rocks, boulders, and in a couple of instances, pieces of concrete block towards him.”

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