Overview
- Shots were fired around 8:50 a.m. on the 400 block of East 20th Street after ICE officers and U.S. Marshals boxed in a vehicle during a targeted enforcement stop.
- DHS says the target had previously escaped custody and rammed federal vehicles, prompting officers to fire defensive shots that struck the suspect in the elbow and a deputy marshal in the hand via ricochet.
- Law enforcement investigators told CNN they believe an ICE officer’s weapon discharged during a physical attempt to detain the driver after smashing a window, injuring both the suspect and the deputy.
- Both were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, the deputy marshal is in stable condition, and the suspect is in custody, according to officials and local reports.
- LAPD provided perimeter traffic control but was not part of the operation, the FBI and ATF are assisting in the investigation, and Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove urged a full probe with immediate release of body and dash camera footage; a nearby high school briefly locked down.