Philip A. Dwyer, AP
The U.S. border entrance remained closed at the Peace Arch border crossing in Blaine, Wash., on Wednesday after a female Canadian customs officer was shot in the neck by a man driving a northbound van Tuesday afternoon.
SEATTLE (AP) — A Canadian border guard shot in her booth at a busy U.S.-Canada crossing north of Seattle remained hospitalized in stable condition Wednesday as investigators worked to determine the identity and motive of the man who wounded her and committed suicide.
The suspect, driving a white van with Washington license plates, shot Officer Lori Bowcock in the neck at 2 p.m. Tuesday as he was entering Canada at the Peace Arch crossing at Blaine. He then died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, investigators said.
Officers soon swarmed the scene, closing the crossing as they interviewed witnesses and searched for clues. Investigators blocked off the area around Bowcock's booth with yellow crime-scene tape and examined the suspect's van, which sat with its back doors open revealing a mattress inside.
Canadian officials estimated they would reopen the crossing Wednesday afternoon.
The British Columbia homicide investigation team handling the probe was treating the case as an attempted murder. Agents with Homeland Security Investigations were assisting by following leads on the U.S. side of the border, said Andrew Munoz, spokesman for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He declined to elaborate.
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