OFFICER WOUNDED BY FELLOW OFFICER'S RICOCHETING BULLET

US marshal and illegal immigrant both shot during ICE operation in LA

 

By Joe Hutchison 

 

Daily Mail

Oct 21, 2025

 

 

Aerial view of shooting scene in LA where both US Marshal and illegal immigrant were wounded

 

A US Marshal and an illegal immigrant have both been shot during an operation in Los Angeles. 

The two were injured after agents surrounded a person in a vehicle in the south of the city on Tuesday morning, according to the LAPD. 

The immigrant was targeted after they previously escaped their custody and then tried to flee again, the Department of Homeland Security said. 

A statement said: 'The illegal alien weaponized his vehicle and began ramming the law enforcement vehicle in an attempt to flee 

'Fearing for the safety of the public and law enforcement, our officers followed their training and fired defensive shots. 

'The illegal alien was shot in the elbow and one law enforcement officer was shot in the hand by a ricochet bullet. Both are in the hospital.'

Images captured by Fox show a group of agents surrounding a vehicle, one agent can be seen taking pictures of the white car. 

 

The two were injured after agents surrounded a person in a vehicle in LA on Tuesday morning 

The department said they had specifically targeted an illegal immigrant who had previously escaped their custody and then tried to flee again

The illegal immigrant was said to have been shot in the elbow after officers opened fire

Aerial images also appeared to show what looks like broken glass next to one of the vehicles

 

The statement added: 'These are the consequences of conduct and rhetoric by sanctuary politicians and activists who urge illegal aliens to resist arrest.  

'Resisting arrest puts the safety of illegal aliens, law enforcement, and the public at risk. 

'Our law enforcement officers are facing a more than 1000 percent increase in assaults against them including vehicle rammings by illegal aliens. 

'We are once again calling on sanctuary politicians, agitators, and the media to turn the temperature down and stop calling for violence and resistance against ICE law enforcement.'

It comes after a similar incident involving Border Patrol agents in Chicago earlier this month. 

Patrolling agents opened fire on a woman in the Windy City after they were 'rammed by ten cars'. 

One of the drivers included a woman 'armed with a semi-automatic weapon', which prompted officers to fire defensive shots. 

The female in question was part of an internal threat bulletin circulated after allegedly doxxing law enforcement officials online.