Manchester individual charged in shooting of Border Patrol agent

CONCORD - A Manchester person has been charged in connection with a shooting that occurred over the weekend in Pittsburg.

Blu Zeke Daly, a/k/a Cullan Zeke Daly 26, was charged by complaint with one count of attempted murder of a federal officer and one count of assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon.

Daly is currently obtaining medical treatment at a New Hampshire hospital and is under guard. According to the complaint, on the evening of Feb. 21, a Border Patrol agent encountered Daly driving alone in Stewartstown near the Canadian border. The agent asked whether Daly had used any other names, at which point Daly drove away, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorneys Office released on Tuesday.

The Border Patrol agent followed at a distance. Shortly after midnight on February 22, Daly arrived at the Pittsburg Port of Entry on the border between the United States and Canada. The crossing was closed and the gate was locked. The Border Patrol agent activated his emergency lights and exited his vehicle, at which point Daly started to turn. Daly then fired a handgun at the Border Patrol agent. The agent returned fire with his own service weapon and shot Daly. The charge of attempted murder of a federal officer carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. The charge of assault of a federal officer with a deadly weapon also carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.

The FBI is leading the investigation.