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Homeland Security says border patrol agent killed

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Department of Homeland Security says a U.S. Border Patrol agent was killed and another wounded in a shooting near the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona.

The department says the agents were involved in a shooting on duty near Bisbee, Ariz., on Tuesday morning.

The department says the wounded agent is being airlifted to a hospital.

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