ICE: Shots fired after two people allegedly attempt to hit agent with car; suspects on the run
Celeste Springer
Editor’s note: KRDO13’s live stream of the scene has ended.
EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — A spokesperson with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirms that an agent shot into a car as two people, who they say are living in the country illegally, allegedly attempted to ram the agent with their car.
According to ICE, the agent fired three shots into the car. ICE says the two people got away and later abandoned the car. The two people are still on the run, ICE says.
No injuries have been reported, according to ICE.
“ICE officers are facing an 830% increase in assaults. Lies and violent rhetoric incites hostility against the brave men and women of ICE who put their lives on the line every day to protect American communities, as we witnessed in Colorado today,” said a spokesperson with ICE.
Earlier on Thursday, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office (EPSO) issued a shelter-in-place order for the area of the 9900 block of Burgess Road. The order extended for a quarter-mile radius nearby.
The shelter-in-place was lifted Thursday evening.
The sheriff’s office says they are assisting Homeland Security and the FBI with an investigation.
A few minutes down the road, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office says there was another related scene near Vollmer and Poco Roads. The scene is in a new home construction area, a neighborhood called Timber Ridge.