Overview

• On July 31, an ICE operation near Black Forest prompted an officer to fire three shots after two suspected undocumented immigrants attempted to ram agents with a vehicle.
• The suspects fled, abandoned their vehicle and remain at large as a multiagency manhunt enters its second day.
• El Paso County Sheriff’s Office issued a shelter-in-place order for the 9900 block of Burgess Road that lasted several hours and deployed drones, reserve units and community specialists to secure the area.
• FBI Denver opened an assault investigation into the incident as deputies set up a second scene at Vollmer and Poco roads in Timber Ridge to question potential witnesses.
• ICE officers report an 830% surge in assaults on agents this year, pointing to growing hostility during enforcement operations.