During the October 3 edition of Fox & Friends, hosts Brian Kilmeade and Steve Doocy baselessly speculated that Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie, who was fatally shot while on patrol near the Mexican border, was killed with weapons involved in the failed Operation Fast and Furious gun trafficking sting. News outlets later reported that Agent Ivie's death was the result of friendly fire. But Fox & Friends has remained silent on the story, even as several other Fox News programs have reported on the friendly fire incident. 

Kilmeade stated that the border shooting “raises tons of new questions, including whether or not the guns that killed Agent Ivie were tied to Operation Fast and Furious.” Later in the segment, Doocy fueled the speculation during a discussion with former U.S. Customs Service Special Agent Terry Kirkpatrick:

DOOCY: Terry, while it's still too early, the investigation is just barely started into the firearm that was used to kill our guy, would it surprise you if one of the guns from Fast and Furious was one of the guns used?

KIRKPATRICK: You know and honestly it would not surprise me if that was one of the guns that was lost in the ATF scandal. 

At the time of the Fox & Friends segment on October 3, reports indicated that no weapons had been recovered in connection to the shooting.

State and local officials told NBC News that the ruling of friendly fire “is based on an analysis of the ballistics, the lack of evidence of other criminals in the area at the time, and other factors.” According to the president of the National Border Patrol Council, Agent Ivie encountered two other agents in heavy brush and opened fire believing them to be smugglers. He was killed in the return fire. One other agent sustained nonfatal gunshot wounds.