Two hospitalized after ICE agent ‘shot at person who tried to run him over’ in Maryland neighborhood | EUROtoday

Two individuals had been hospitalized Wednesday morning in an incident in suburban Maryland the place federal officers say ICE officers fired their weapons at a pair of undocumented immigrants in a van who had been allegedly making an attempt to ram the brokers.

Police had been referred to as to Glen Burnie, Anne Arundel County, round 10:50 a.m. Wednesday morning.

ICE officers had been conducting a “targeted enforcement operation” there and recognized the driving force of the van, Tiago Alexandre Sousa-Martins, an unlawful immigrant from Portugal, based on the Department of Homeland Security.

Solomon Antonio Serrano-Esquivel, a fellow undocumented particular person from El Salvador, was within the passenger’s seat, DHS mentioned.

“The driver refused and attempted to flee, then weaponized his vehicle and began ramming his van into several ICE vehicles,” based on DHS. “He then drove his van directly at ICE officers, attempting to run them over.”

“Fearing for their lives and public safety, the ICE officers defensively fired their service weapons, striking the driver,” the company added. “Sousa-Martins then wrecked his van between two buildings, injuring the passenger.”

The people are each in secure situation and the ICE officers had been “not severely injured,” DHS mentioned.

Anne Arundel Council member Allison Pickard mentioned she was alarmed by the gunfire within the usually quiet, residential space, which happened on Christmas Eve morning when kids had been outdoors.

“It’s concerning that there was open gunfire in my community involving ICE agents,” Pickard informed The Washington Post. “There’s a waterfall effect to these things happening, no matter who is involved.”

Anne Arundel police, the FBI, and ICE had been all seen on the scene of the taking pictures, the place a wrecked white van may very well be noticed in a stand of close by bushes.

Local police will examine the taking pictures, and the FBI will probe the alleged try and ram federal brokers, whereas ICE will conduct its personal inside investigation.

Resident James Hicks informed the Baltimore Banner he heard ICE chased the person from an space Walmart retailer into the neighborhood, at which level the van driver maneuvered between two homes and stopped in a wooded space. He then heard three gunshots and later noticed the driving force on a stretcher.

“Shot him three times, I seen him laid out,” Hicks informed the outlet.

The man “shouldn’t have tried to run them over,” Hicks added.

The Anne Arundel County Fire Department informed The Independent the injured people had been taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center in close by Baltimore for therapy.

The Independent has contacted the FBI Baltimore discipline workplace and the Anne Arundel County police division for remark.

“I am aware of the ICE-involved shooting that occurred earlier today in Glen Burnie,” Maryland Gov. Wes Moore wrote on X. “As information surrounding the incident continues to emerge, we will remain in touch with local officials and are standing by to provide support for the community.”

There have been at the very least 9 shootings throughout immigration operations because the Trump administration took workplace, based on a database from gun violence information web site The Trace.