A man who the FBI said has a criminal history of human smuggling was shot and wounded by a Border Patrol agent in Arizona on Tuesday after allegedly firing at agents, officials said.

Axar.az informs, citing NBC news, Patrick Gary Schlegel, a 34-year-old Arizona resident, was shot around 7:30 a.m. in Arivaca, about 10 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, said Heith Janke, special agent in charge of the FBI's Phoenix field division.

Earlier in the morning — before 7 a.m. — Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said, Border Patrol agents had spotted a vehicle with multiple people inside. At the time, the sheriff said, everyone fled when agents tried to make a stop.

Later, the Border Patrol agent recognized what he believed to be that vehicle and conducted a traffic stop, Nanos said. The driver — who was now the only person inside — got out and ran away, and the agent gave chase on foot, the sheriff said.

“Shots were fired from the suspect, and the agent returned fire. The suspect was hit,” Nanos said.