US border agent killed in Ariz. shooting

By NBC News staff and wire reports Two U.S. Border Patrol agents were shot, one fatally, near Naco, Arizona, authorities told KVOA.com and The Associated Press on Tuesday. The shooting occurred at a patrol base named after Brian Terry – a border agent who was killed in December 2010 in an incident at the center of a controversy over a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives (ATF) gun tracking operation known as "Fast and Furious." "The injured agent has been airlifted to the hospital," Crystal Amarillas, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Border Patrol in Tuscon, said in a statement to KVOA.com. Brian A. Terry Border Patrol Station dedicated for slain agent "Preliminary reports indicate one agent has died from his injuries and another sustained non-life threatening wounds." Names are being withheld pending notification of next of kin, Amarillas said. This is a breaking news story. More updates will follow later.