All articles tagged with #police shootings
The Washington Post’s Visual Forensics team analyzes surveillance video that shows ICE agents tailing a white work van and then approaching on foot in Houston, reconstructing the minutes before and after the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and illustrating how video analysis informs discussions about use of force in immigration enforcement.
Three men who were in Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s vehicle during an immigration operation in Houston say a federal ICE officer fired almost immediately after they exited the car, and that the driver never threatened officers, contradicting the Homeland Security account and signaling renewed scrutiny of ICE enforcement.
An ICE officer fatally shot a Mexican immigrant in Houston during a traffic stop; authorities say the man refused to comply during an enforcement operation and the incident is under federal investigation, prompting calls for transparency and scrutiny of enforcement tactics.
An officer-involved shooting in the Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, Mississippi killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley after police say the vehicle fled a shoplifting stop. The mother in the car was unharmed and a friend was injured; the officer who fired is on administrative leave and the investigation is ongoing. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump represents Wiley’s family and says they will seek justice.
Christian Castro, an ICE agent charged in the shooting of an immigrant during Minneapolis’ crackdown, was arrested in Texas early Friday. Prosecutors say he faces multiple assault charges and falsely reporting a crime, and he is the first of two ICE officers charged with state crimes in the aftermath of the crackdown, highlighting growing state-level accountability efforts for immigration enforcement.
A 21-year-old Nasire Best was shot and killed by Secret Service after an exchange of gunfire near the White House. Best had previously been charged with trespassing and, according to acquaintances, had cut off contact with friends and claimed to be Jesus. The investigation notes his troubled past and past law‑enforcement encounters, but the motive for the incident remains unclear.
A Feb. 20 FoodMaxx robbery in Antioch escalates into a life-or-death chase after a suspect rams a patrol car and drags an officer into a fleeing SUV. Body-cam audio shows the officer ordering the suspect to stop while Dominick Desouza drives away at high speed; the officer shoots Desouza in the leg as the SUV crashes about two miles from the store. Desouza was arrested on multiple charges (kidnapping, robbery, assault on a peace officer, burglary, grand theft, unlawful vehicle taking) and the officer, who sustained minor injuries, is on paid leave as the investigation continues; two other suspects fled the scene.
Minnesota officials filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security, accusing federal agencies of withholding evidence connected to three shootings by federal officers during the immigration crackdown, including the deaths of Renée Good and Alex Pretti and the wounding of an undocumented immigrant, as state investigators seek greater transparency.
The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into the shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis, reversing the prior Homeland Security-only review and signaling a broader federal civil rights inquiry, a move spurred by GOP criticism of the initial approach.
Former Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson was sentenced to the maximum 20 years in prison for fatally shooting Sonya Massey in her Illinois home while responding to a 911 call about a prowler outside, in the July 2024 incident that drew national attention to police use of force.
Trump aides publicly labeled 16 DHS shootings as justified before investigations were completed, sparking outrage and calls for accountability.
U.S. Border Patrol shot Patrick Gary Schlegel, 34, after he fired at agents during a foot chase near the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona; he was an escapee serving a 36-month sentence for human smuggling, and the FBI is assisting the Pima County sheriff in the investigation.
The Washington Post editorial board argues that the fatal Minneapolis shooting by a federal agent underscores the need for accountability and congressional checks on immigration enforcement, calling to curb the president’s mass deportation agenda and demand DHS/ICE oversight.
Minneapolis confronts fresh protests after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse, in the city—the third fatal shooting involving federal agents there—intensifying scrutiny of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown amid competing state and federal accounts.
An independent autopsy commissioned by Renée Good’s family found she sustained gunshot wounds to her left arm, right breast and head during an encounter with an ICE officer in Minneapolis, adding new detail to the case surrounding her death.