Concord, New Hampshire — Authorities have charged a New Hampshire resident in connection with a shooting incident that occurred on the state’s border with Canada, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
Blue Zeke Daly, 26, also known as Colan Zeke Daly, of Manchester, was charged with one count of attempted murder of a federal officer and one count of assault on a federal officer with a deadly weapon, prosecutors said. Investigators said Monday that Daly was shot near the border early Sunday by a U.S. Border Patrol agent who was returning fire from Daly.
Prosecutors said Daly is in the hospital receiving medical treatment under guard. Authorities said earlier this week that the Border Patrol agent, who was not named, was not injured.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation said that shots were fired around 1 a.m. on Sunday in Pittsburgh, a town of about 800 people located on the border with Canada. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Hampshire said Tuesday that a Border Patrol agent encountered Daly driving alone near the border late Saturday and followed Daly for a distance. Daly then arrived at the Pittsburgh port of entry, which was closed at the time.
“The Border Patrol agent activated his emergency lights and exited his vehicle, at which point Daly began to turn. Daly then fired his handgun at the Border Patrol agent. The agent returned fire with his service weapon and shot Daly,” the US Attorney’s Office said in a statement.
It was not clear Tuesday night whether Daly had an attorney. Prosecutors said the case remains under investigation and the FBI is taking the lead.
Pittsburgh is a rural community home to the state’s only border crossing with the Canadian province of Quebec. It is located about 150 miles (241 kilometers) north of the state capital, Concord. The city borders Maine and Vermont as well as Canada.
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Whittle reported from Scarborough, Maine.