FBI: Border Patrol Agent Killed in Line of Duty 0 By KMAN Staff on October 3, 2012 AssociatedPress, Video Nicholas Ivie, a Border Patrol agent, was shot to death Tuesday near the U.S.-Mexico line. Ivie and a colleague were on patrol in the desert about 100 miles from Tucson, when shooting broke out shortly before 2 a.m., the Border Patrol said.