SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. – Family members and hundreds of uniformed law enforcement officers gathered Monday to mourn the U.S. Border Patrol agent killed last week in an apparent case of friendly fire, remembering him as a family man who wouldn’t want loved ones and colleagues shedding tears over his death.

Agent Nicholas Ivie was killed Oct. 2 as he and two other agents responded to a sensor alarm aimed at detecting smugglers crossing into the U.S.

The shooting occurred at night about five miles north of the border near Bisbee.