Canadian Border Agent Shot in Neck, Suspect Commits Suicide

A female Canadian border agent was shot and wounded at the Douglas border crossing in Surrey, on Tuesday. The agent is currently in stable condition.

The guard was attacked by a man driving a white van, at the United States border.

"The first report at the scene revealed that a male, a lone male had, shot an officer in a booth while at the border crossing" Surrey RCMP spokesman Cpl. Bert Paquet stated.

According to CTV News, The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is investigating the case, and so far have released information about the car the assailant was driving. The white Ford Econovan belonged to a man from Bremerton.

As Mounties started a pursuit of the man, the man committed suicide.

"The lone male had been pronounced dead at the scene from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot," Cpl. Bert Paquet said.

"They had that van surrounded," one witness to the scene stated.

This is the first time a Canadian border guard is shot, although incidents of assault have been recorded before, Customs and Immigration union official Dan Sullivan reported.