BP agent charged in entrant's Jan. slaying: Cochise County attorney files 4 counts of homicide in gun death.

From: AZ Daily Star (Tucson, AZ) | Date: April 24, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Brady McCombs

Apr. 24--BISBEE -- A U.S. Border Patrol agent who fatally shot a Mexican illegal entrant in January has been charged with murder by the Cochise County attorney, who said Monday that the shooting was not justified.

On Monday, Cochise County Attorney Ed Rheinheimer filed a complaint against agent Nicholas Corbett charging him with four counts of homicide: first-degree and second-degree murder, manslaughter and negligent homicide.

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