Indiana National Guardsman deployed to Texas to help with border crisis shoots migrant after watching him stab two others

A man with a knife who had attacked two migrants on the border near El Paso, Texas over the weekend was shot at by a national guard member.

The shooting took place after an unidentified Indian National Guard member saw a man with the knife on the US side of the border stabbing two migrants, according to a security bulletin obtained by News Nation.

Soldiers from several states are deployed to the Texas border in support of the Lone Star State's effort to bring down illegal border crossings. 

It's not clear whether the armed man was actually struck by the bullet, but he was seen running back into Mexico.

The two migrants who were stabbed had non-life threatening injures and received medical care. 

Groups of migrants arrive at the Texas border in search of crossing into the United States, but Texas security prevents them from surrendering to US Border Patrol

Migrants breach infrastructure set up by the Texas National Guard on the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas on March 21, 2024

The incident comes during a time of increased tension along that particular stretch of the international boundary. 

A riot broke out just a few miles from where the shooting happened last month after members of the Texas National Guard were punched and stomped on by hundreds of migrants who forced their way past them. 

Asylum-seeking migrants were trying to surrender to US Border Patrol, however, the Texas National Guard has put in place fencing that prevents migrants from doing so. 

One migrant even tried to wrestle a soldier's gun away from him, El Paso District Attorney Bill Hicks said as he announced plans to prosecute hundreds of migrants in connection for the stampede. 

After the March 26 mob scene, Gov. Greg Abbott ordered hundreds of additional national guard members to Texas' sixth largest city.

The troops have been adding additional layers of razor wire and anti-climb fencing to keep migrants out.  

The identity of the guard member who  fired the shot has not been released.

50 Hoosier State soldiers have been on the border since February and was expected to last about 10 months, according a local TV station.

One tweet from the Texas Military Department showed Indiana soldiers on patrol earlier this month. 

Several Republican governors have ordered out of state soldiers to Texas, bragging about the deployments when often, less than a dozen troops are physically present in Texas.