Javier Vega, Jr.
Gustavo Tijerina (left) and Ismael Hernandez (right)
Two Men To Be Charged With Capital Murder In Killing Of Border Patrol Agent
Two men are facing capital murder charges in the shooting death of an off-duty Border Patrol agent Sunday night.
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The two were tracked down and taken into custody near Sebastian early Monday morning, several hours after agent Javier Vega Junior was shot and killed, and his father wounded.
It happened around 8 Sunday night as Vega and family members were fishing off the levee east of Santa Monica in Willacy County.
Sheriff Larry Spence says the suspects drove up in a maroon SUV, and with weapons drawn, tried to rob the family. Vega reportedly pulled his weapon, and one of the suspects then opened fire. There was an exchange of gunshots, Vega was struck in his chest, his father in the hip.
The 36-year-old Vega died on the way to the hospital. His father is still there and is recovering. The two suspects are to be arraigned on the capital murder charges today.
Vega, who works as a Border Patrol agent in Kingsville, had been in the Valley with his wife and three sons visiting his parents in La Feria.
http://www.kurv.com/local/3856
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