FLEEING SUSPECT SHOT; ANOTHER SOUGHT BY BORDER AGENTS

CONSTABLE -- A Constable man was shot in the lower back Monday night
while fleeing two border agents he reportedly tried to run down with
his all-terrain vehicle.

Timothy J. Fleury Jr., 25, of 52 Bird Road, was in stable condition
Tuesday afternoon at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington.

A second man, who was not identified, is still being sought in the
woods near the Jamison Border Crossing at Trout River.

Three large hockey-equipment duffle bags holding more than 50 pounds
of marijuana were recovered in the woods during the search, police
said.

The two U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents involved, who were
not identified, have been placed on administrative leave until the
investigation is concluded, which is standard procedure.

State Police Troop B Commander Maj. Richard Smith said the community
is not in danger, and that the second suspect -- who is traveling on
foot -- is not believed to be armed.

About 10:10 p.m. Monday, Smith said, the border agents tried to stop
two ATVs near the Trout River crossing, but both drivers fled into the
woods on their machines.

Thirty minutes later, the agents found one of the ATVs on the south
side of Route 122.

As Border Patrol agents walked toward Fleury on the machine, he
reportedly tried to run them down.

When he drove off, the officers shot at him.

A short time later, Franklin County Emergency Services dispatchers
received a 911 call from 868 Route 122 about a man there with a
gunshot wound.

An ambulance was sent, and Fleury was taken to Alice Hyde Medical
Center in Malone for treatment and was later airlifted to Fletcher
Allen Health Care in Burlington, where he was initially listed in
critical condition.