GLEN BURNIE, Md. Federal immigration agents shot at a moving vehicle on Wednesday morning during an enforcement and removal action, striking one person and injuring another, officials said.
A spokesperson for the Anne Arundel County Police Department said neither person had life-threatening injuries, and both were taken to the hospital.
Anne Arundel police responded to a report of a shooting involving federal agents at about 10:50 a.m. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were the only officials involved in the shooting, police said.
Preliminarily, police said the agents approached a white van, but the vehicle attempted to run them over. The agents fired at the van, which accelerated until coming to a stop in a wooded area, police said.
When asked for comment, Department of Homeland Security officials said both civilians involved in the altercation with ICE are in the U.S. illegally. They did not indicate whether either of the men had been arrested.
“Continued efforts to encourage illegal aliens and violent agitators to actively resist ICE will only lead to more violent incidents,” Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement.
Anne Arundel police said they will investigate the shooting, while the FBI investigates the alleged assault on the agents and ICE conducts an internal investigation.
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The incident unfolded around 11 a.m. local time in the town of Glen Burnie as Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were conducting an operation, Anne Arundel County police said in a statement.
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Injured in the incident were the driver, Portuguese national Tiago Alexandre Sousa-Martins, who was struck by gunfire, and his passenger, Salvadoran national Solomon Antonio Serrano-Esquivel, who was hurt in the subsequent crash, an ICE spokesperson said.
“Officers rendered immediate medical aid to both the driver of the vehicle and the passenger, who were transported to a local hospital for treatment. Both are in stable condition and expected to recover,” the agency said.
Before the shooting, ICE officers had positively identified Sousa-Martins, who is in the U.S. illegally, and had instructed him to turn the van’s engine off, officials said. Instead, he “weaponized” the van by ramming it into ICE vehicles and driving toward ICE officers, the spokesperson said.
Serrano-Esquivel was also in the U.S. illegally, ICE said.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said he was aware of the shooting.
“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,” he said.
A variety of police agencies are investigating. No further information was available.
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