Major Events

[N467RX]

The winter storm warning for Prescott and other areas of Yavapai Co is no longer in effect but there is still snow and possibly floods (haven't gone outside today). A 6 year old boy from Mayer was swept by the water current an is still missing, his clothing and backpack was found but not the body.

From what I last read utilities had been restored almost everywhere, although those of us who have Nextel are having unusual troubles using it in some places.

[DesertRatt]

Code 998 / 999. Pinal County SO SR-84 and I-8. DPS also mobilizing.

[Astrak]

Black hawk helo enroute from Tucson to pick up SWAT officers and insert them into the area.

[FFEMTCURRENCE]

they say anything else about the officer

[Astrak]

Officer has been air evac'd he'll probably be ok. He was up and walking around pointing out where he thought the bad guys were. Major SWAT ops in the area now.

[FFEMTCURRENCE]

thanks for the update listening to 2 of the feeds now.....unreal

[Astrak]

Yeah from a report I heard deputy has superficial wounds and is not hurt. Multiple agencies from different counties assisting. Chandler PD,Marna PD, Pima SO and Game and Fish.

[InlandAZ]

Originally Posted by Astrak

Black hawk helo enroute from Tucson to pick up SWAT officers and insert them into the area.

Heard plenty of MCSO activity - but no Black Hawks, what were the frequencies you heard them on?

[dw2872]

Heard on the initial radio callout for him that he called in on 911 and not on the PCSO channel. He was nearby a cell phone tower behind a truck stop.

[bigjstud1108]

Just heard dispatch and the command post ask all personal to turn off their cell phones. There is an aircraft, call sign “Sting Ray” that is overhead pinging any cell phone location in the search area, it’s believed that the suspects have their cells on them and by pinging the phones will reveal their location.

[procopper7005]

TUCSON, Ariz. -- A U.S. Border Patrol agent was gunned down after he encountered several suspects who were targeting illegal immigrants for robbery in southern Arizona, officials said Wednesday.

Agent Brian A. Terry, 40, was killed late Tuesday near Rio Rico, Ariz., according to a statement released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials.

At least four suspects are in custody and another is still being pursued.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with the Terry family for their tragic loss," CBP Commissioner Alan Bersin said in a statement. "Our commitment to Agent Terry and his family is that we will do everything possible to bring to justice those responsible for this despicable act."

The FBI and the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office are investigating Terry's death.

Terry, who was a member of CBP's special response team, grew up near Detroit and graduated from Flat Rock High School in 1988, according to the Arizona Republic.

KOLD-TV in Tucson reports the incident occurred just after 11 p.m. Tuesday in the Peck Canyon area north of Nogales.

The leader of a union representing Border Patrol agents said Terry was trying to catch bandits who target illegal immigrants for robbery.

National Border Patrol Council President T.J. Bonner said Terry was waiting with three other agents in a remote area north of Nogales when a gun battle began. A CBP spokesman would not confirm that account.

Prior to Terry's death, the last fatal shooting of a Border Patrol agent was on July 23, 2009, when Robert Rosas, 30, was killed by unidentified assailants while responding to suspicious activity in a known smuggling corridor near Campo, Calif., CBP officials said.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said the killing is an "unconscionable act of violence," according to a statement released Wednesday. She had planned earlier this week to visit the region on Friday, but will apparently move her trip up a day because of the shooting, the Arizona Republic reports.

In May, President Obama authorized the deployment of up to an additional 1,200 National Guard troops to the Southwest border to provide support for surveillance, reconnaissance and narcotics enforcement to augment CBP and U.S. Customs and Immigration (ICE) authorities already in place. Those deployments began on Aug. 1. Obama also requested $600 million in supplemental funds for enhanced border protection and law enforcement activities.

"Over the past year and a half, this administration has pursued a new border security strategy with an unprecedented sense of urgency, making historic investments in personnel, technology and infrastructure," Napolitano said in a statement released on July 19.

"These troops will provide direct support to federal law enforcement officers and agents working in high-risk areas to disrupt criminal organizations seeking to move people and goods illegally across the Southwest border," the statement continued.

Napolitano also announced in July that more than $47 million in fiscal year 2010 Operation Stonegraden grants for the Southwest border states to support law enforcement personnel, overtime and related costs. Nearly 80 percent of the funding will go to Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas, up from 59 percent in 2008.

MANHUNT UNDERWAY IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, YOU CAN LISTEN ON SANTA CRUZ SHERIFF DISPATCH.

[rpgaun]

Any info on the status of the plane crash west of Phoenix? Agencies working & frequency info?