Shooter Targets Texas Border Patrol Agents in Ambush, Shot Dead Outside Building

A man armed with a rifle and tactical gear allegedly attempted to ambush law enforcement as they showed up for work at a Border Patrol facility in Texas … he opened fire, then got shot and killed.

The fatal exchange of gunfire went down Monday morning in McAllen … according to the Department of Homeland Security.

We’re told Border Patrol agents and local police helped neutralize the shooter, who opened fire at the entrance of a United States Border Patrol sector annex.

DHS says two officers and a Border Patrol employee were injured in the shooting … including one who was shot in the knee. All three have gone to the hospital.

We’re told the FBI is now investigating the shooting … and photos show the gunman on the ground outside a building, with evidence markers surrounding his body.