Overview
- ICE officers stopped a black SUV around 4 a.m. on Oct. 29 on I-17 near Dove Valley Road in north Phoenix.
- Federal authorities identified the driver as Honduran national Jose Garcia-Sorto, who initially stopped before accelerating away.
- ICE says an officer, positioned in the vehicle’s path and fearing for his life, fired two rounds that hit the SUV.
- Officials have not said whether the officer was struck by the vehicle or whether Garcia-Sorto was hit by the gunfire; Garcia-Sorto is stable after treatment and the officer was evaluated at a hospital.
- The FBI’s Phoenix Field Office is leading the investigation, and ICE criticized rhetoric encouraging resistance while claiming assaults on its officers have sharply increased.