Those gunshots fired in anger, though, were auguries.
He said he heard at least 30 gunshots fired after the shooting started around 10 25 a.m.
Assaults against Border Patrol officers appear to be on the increase -- from gunshots fired to rocks thrown.
"Defense would have you believe that the number of gunshots fired is irrelevant," he said.
As they neared the Thai side of the river, they heard gunshots firing behind them.
"We did hear gunshots fired," the resident, who declined to be identified by name, said by telephone.
That prompted fireworks, dancing in the streets and a symphony of car-honking and gunshots fired in the air.
The officers who responded to a call of gunshots fired found one man, David Alston, 22, dead at the scene.
TV presenter Rob Marciano, who was conducting an interview with the star when the shots were heard, tweeted: "BREAKING: Gunshots fired on Fort Lauderdale Beach DURING my JLo interview.
They bore knife wounds on the arms, suggesting a struggle, but they'd been killed by gunshots fired, at close range, at the back of their heads.
