At Least One Suspect, Two Police Killed in Tijuana Shoot-Out

By Amy Isackson / Border Reporter, KPBS Public Broadcasting

Published April 18, 2007 at 3:54 PM PDT

This story was published more than 17 years ago.

The series of shoot-outs between police and heavily armed men has left three other people injured and led to a temporary evacuation of a hospital.

At Least One Suspect, Two Police Killed in Tijuana Shoot-Out

The series of shoot-outs between police and heavily armed men has left three other people injured and led to a temporary evacuation of a hospital.

KPBS reporter Amy Isackson says the series of incidents began just before noon when police tangled with men on a busy street downtown. One of the wounded men was taken to Tijuana General Hospital. That's where another shoot-out ensued as six to eight armed men entered the hospital -- presumably to get at the wounded person.

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One man was shot and killed in the first incident. Two state policemen were killed in the second.

The band of gunmen apparently fled the hospital this afternoon with 30 armed policemen in pursuit.

A local news agency reported there may have been hostages taken in the hospital. But our KPBS reporter has not confirmed that.

(Photo: Tijuana General Hospital. Amy Isackson/KPBS )

Amy Isackson

Amy Isackson was the border reporter at KPBS from 2004 to 2011. She covered breaking news and feature stories on California-Mexico border issues and immigration, for local and national broadcast. Amy got her start in public radio by pitching a series of stories about rural New Zealand - horse dentistry and sheep sheering - to Radio New Zealand's "Country Life" program. She then worked with Peabody Award-winning radio producers Nikki Silva and Davia Nelson, to help create the Sonic Memorial, a series of stories on the World Trade Center before, during and after 9/11. Amy's work has been recognized with awards from the Associated Press Television-Radio Association of California and Nevada, the California Chicano News Media Association, and the San Diego Press Club. She won the Sol Price Prize for Responsible Journalism in 2009 from the Society of Professional Journalists for her story about high school students smuggling people and drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border. Prior to venturing into the wonderful world of public radio, Amy worked for Yahoo! Inc. for nearly five years as an editorial surfer, associate producer and broadcast communications manager. She majored in Latin American History at Williams College. She grew up in San Diego and made frequent trips south of the border.

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