A 27-year-old man armed with a rifle was killed on July 7 after opening fire outside a Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas, prompting a shootout with federal agents and local police, authorities said.
The gunman, identified as Ryan Louis Mosqueda, arrived at the Border Patrol sector annex across from McAllen International Airport shortly after 5:50 a.m. and began firing dozens of rounds, McAllen police chief Victor Rodriguez said at a news conference. Federal agents returned fire, leading to Mosqueda’s death.
Rodriguez said authorities found a second rifle, additional ammunition, and backpacks that Mosqueda brought to the scene. Investigators also discovered writing inside Mosqueda’s white two-door sedan, possibly in Latin, though the significance remains unclear. On the outside of the car was spray painted “Cordis die”: Day of the heart….