FBI, tribe’s police investigating fatal shooting of tribal member by US Border Patrol agents 

AJO, Ariz. (AP)- The FBI and Tohono O’odham Nation police are investigating the fatal shooting of a tribal member by U.S. Border Patrol agents in southern Arizona. Customs and Border Protection officials said agents from the Ajo Border Patrol Station were involved in a fatal shooting on the Tohono O’odham reservation near Ajo around 10 p.m. Thursday. They said the incident is under review by Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Professional Responsibility. But they haven’t released any additional information. Tribal chairman Ned Norris Jr. said in a statement Sunday that the shooting occurred in the Meneger’s Dam community of the Tohono  O’odham Nation and identified the victim. “Nation member Raymond Mattia lost his life in the incident. Our hearts go out to his family and all those impacted during…

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