Nat’l Guardsman commits suicide at US-Mexico border
A member of the National Guard reportedly shot himself at the U.S.-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Tuesday morning.
According to Fox News reporter Griff Jenkins, a property owner near the Rio Grande said a member of the National Guard was shot, and multiple police sources confirmed the guardsman died as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The reported shooting is unconfirmed.
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2022/10/natl-guardsman-shot-at-us-mexico-border-report/
A service member assigned to the Texas National Guard’s border security mission, Operation Lone Star, died by a self-inflicted gunshot to the head Tuesday morning in Eagle Pass, according to an official document obtained by Army Times and The Texas Tribune…
The soldier is also the 10th-known Texas Guard member linked to the mission to die since its rapid expansion began in September 2021.
The deaths began that month when four troops died by suicide in an eight-week span. The suicide cluster was subject of an Army Times investigation.
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2022/10/04/texas-guardsman-dies-by-self-inflicted-gunshot-on-border-mission/