Overview
- Surveillance and witness accounts show a dark unmarked ICE SUV moving toward and striking Miguel Parra‑Hernandez as he fled on foot, leaving him with multiple fractures that required surgery and additional procedures while he remains in ICE custody at a hospital.
- Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said the footage appears to show the agent intentionally drove into Parra and that his office is investigating possible aggravated‑assault with a deadly weapon and seeking interviews with two handcuffed detainees who were in the ICE vehicle.
- ICE and the Department of Homeland Security reject that account and say Parra ran in front of an ICE vehicle during an attempted arrest of a different target, a version family members and attorneys dispute and say is contradicted by witnesses.
- Prosecutors tried to impound the ICE SUV and download crash data but reported the vehicle remained in federal control, raising concerns that onboard data or evidence could have been lost or overwritten before local investigators could access it.
- Advocates and lawyers are demanding immediate release of any body‑camera or dash footage and asking federal authorities to prevent deportation or transfer of the two detained witnesses so they can be interviewed as the criminal probe proceeds.