The memorial for slain U.S. Border Patrol agent Nicholas Ivie is set for Monday in Sierra Vista. The service will be held at 10 a.m. MST Monday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meetinghouse at 2100 Yaqui Street.
Visitation will be held this evening at Hatfield Funeral Home.
A funeral will also be held at 11 a.m. MDT Thursday at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
Ivie along with three other agents were inspecting a tripped sensor that was installed underground to alert authorities of illegal border crossing. Agent Ivie and two other agents were ambushed near Bisbee, Arizona, at approximately 1:30 am Tuesday according to the National Border Patrol Council. The three agents were on mounted patrol in the area about five miles north of the border and seven miles east of Bisbee south of Arizona Highway 80.
Because of the rocky terrain, the agents dismounted and were hiking into the area when they were suddenly fired upon. Agent Ivie was fatally wounded and one other agent was less severely wounded. The wounded agent was airlifted to University Medical Center. He was shot in the ankle and buttocks and suffered non-life threatening injuries.