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A suspected drug smuggler whose vehicle was ramming a Border Patrol vehicle as he attempted to flee from the United States back into Mexico was shot by a federal agent, an official said.

The man suffered non-life-threatening wounds in the Thursday afternoon shooting. He is being treated at University Medical Center in Tucson, officials said.

The incident occurred at about 2 p.m. on Geronimo Trail at Milepost 4, east of Douglas, according to Carol Capas, a Cochise County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman.

Agents from the Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, along with the Douglas Police Department, were conducting an investigation when the man tried to drive his vehicle back to Mexico, said Vincent Picard, an ICE spokesman.

As the man was trying to get away, he was ramming a Border Patrol vehicle, which was carrying several agents, Picard said.

An ICE special agent shot the man.

"The agent felt their lives were in jeopardy," Picard said.

He did not know if the suspect was armed, he said.

According to Picard, there have been several incidents over the last few days in which smugglers have rammed vehicles when agents tried to stop them.

Information on the agent was not available Thursday night.

Both ICE and the Cochise County Sheriff's Department are investigating the incident.