was killed around -- nicolas ivy was killed around 2:00 a.m. today. he joined the border patrol four years ago and leaves behind a wife and two daughters. shoot og cured south of tucson near the border town that is close to state route 80 which connects to interstate 10 which is why this is active drug smuggling corridor. when the acts responded the gunmen opened fire. ivy you on horseback was killed. another agent shot twice is in stable condition. a third was not wounded. border agents are typically armed with a handgun and rifleo. cartel smugglers carry assault weapons and use radios and spotters to receive real-time info on where the border patrol is and is not. as backpackers carry bundles of cocaine and marijuana, methamphetamine and heroin, in to a drop zone. investigators would not say if any suspects were shot. how many there were, or what evidence was collected.