ABOUT BRIAN

Border Patrol Agent Brian A. Terry

United States Department of Homeland Security – Customs and Border Protection.

Date of Death: Wednesday, December 15, 2010.

Age: 40.

Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was shot and killed near Rio Rico, Arizona, while attempting to apprehend a group of armed subjects. The suspects had been preying on illegal immigrants with the intent to rob them.

Agent Terry and several other agents were attempting to arrest the group when shots were exchanged between the suspects and agents. Agent Terry was struck in the pelvis by a round fired by a suspect armed with an AK-47.

The wounded agent was flown to a hospital where he succumbed early the following morning.

Four members of the group were taken into custody and at least one suspect remains at large.

Agent Terry was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had served with the United States Border Patrol for 3.5 years. He had previously served as a police officer with the Lincoln Park, Michigan, Police Department. He is survived by his parents, brother, two sisters, five nieces, and one nephew. 

Birth:	Aug. 11, 1970
Death:	Dec. 14, 2010 Arizona, USA

 PA Brian A. Terry, USDHS-CBP-Border Patrol, US Govt., EOW: 12-15-2010

 

Border Patrol Agent, Brian A. Terry, 40 yrs old. He was shot and killed after encountering several suspects near Rio Rico. A fifth suspect remain at large.

He was waiting with three other agents when the gun battle erupted. Terry died in the shooting. None of the other agents were injured.

The shooting happened just after 11 p.m. Tuesday in the Peck Canyon area north of Nogales in Santa Cruz County.

The shooting occurred in the Border Patrol's Tucson sector, the busiest gateway for illegal immigrants into the United States. Half of the marijuana seizures along the 1,969-mile southern border are made in the sector, which covers 262 miles of the boundary.

Terry, who is from the Detroit area, was unmarried and didn't have children; he's survived by his parents, a brother and two sisters.
 

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Agent Brian A. Terry
Born on August 11, 1970
Entered into rest on December 15, 2010

Obituary
Border Patrol Agent Brian A. Terry. Age 40 of Arizona.

Loving Son of Josephine Terry and Kent (Carol) Terry. Dear Brother of Michelle (Michael) Balogh, Kent Terry, and Kelly (Ron) Willis. Grandson of Agatha Staugl. Also Survived by Several Nieces and Nephews.

Memorial Donations Appreciated to:
Border Patrol Agent Brian A. Terry Memorial Fund
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