A member of the Texas National Guard alleged fired his weapon multiple times on Saturday night, hitting a Mexican national on the other side of the border, with Texas authorities refusing to comment on why the guardsman discharged his gun, the Texas Tribune reports.
A local newspaper reports 37-year-old Darwin José García was practicing a sport with friends at a park near the Bridge of the Americas while others attempted to cross the Rio Grande nearby. The group heard a series of gunshots, and García realized he had been shot in the leg. He was taken to a local hospital where he was treated and released.
“On the night of 26 August, a National Guard Servicemember assigned to Operation Lone Star discharged a weapon in a border-related incident. The incident is under investigation. More information will be made available as the investigation progresses,” a statement from the Texas Military Department said, referring to Republican Governor Greg Abbott’s program of putting National Guard troops on the border.