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Manhunt Continues After Vehicle Attack on ICE Officers in Colorado Springs

A multiagency search is focused on the Black Forest region after an officer fired three shots to protect colleagues from a vehicle that tried to ram into ICE agents.

The law enforcement response was to the attempted assault on a federal officer and the shootout that followed. Image for representation.
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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.