Overview

• During the Monrovia raid at Home Depot on Aug. 14, a man fled toward the eastbound 210 Freeway, was struck by a vehicle and later died at a hospital, city officials confirmed.
• Local advocates and elected officials reported roughly 10–13 detentions at the Home Depot site amid videos and eyewitness accounts of aggressive enforcement tactics.
• The California Highway Patrol is investigating the fatal collision and has not released the victim’s identity pending further inquiry.
• The Department of Homeland Security stated its agents did not pursue the individual and were unaware of the incident until after operations concluded.
• The incident intensifies legal and political challenges to appearance-based stops and transparency measures ordered by federal judges and enacted by local governments.