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Feds: ICE investigator shot during Texas surveillance
Source: CNN
A special agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations unit was shot and wounded early Tuesday while on surveillance in a criminal investigation in northern Hidalgo County, Texas, officials said.
Special Agent Kelton Harrison was listed in stable condition by mid-afternoon after being taken to a local hospital where he underwent "surgery for a gunshot wound," ICE spokeswoman Nina Pruneda said in a statement.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the special agent and his family," she added.
The shooting happened early in a brushy area just outside of Hargill, Texas, ICE said.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/03/us/texas-agent-shot/index.html
