ICE vehicle strike in Houston: the suspect ICE was pursuing died years ago, family says
Summary
A Texas prosecutor says a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent appeared to use a vehicle to intentionally strike a person who took off running in Houston, ABC News reported, the LA Times saying the person's leg was broken. Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare told NBC News that the district attorney's office has collected multiple videos for its own investigation but is not getting cooperation from the federal government, and NBC News reported the DA's view that ICE may have withheld evidence. On Friday 16 October, The Philadelphia Inquirer and the LA Times reported that the pursuit targeted a suspect who died years ago, according to the family, the federal immigration vehicle having hit a Houston construction worker, 48-year-old Miguel Parra Hernandez of Mexico, who remains hospitalized with multiple leg fractures and needs reconstructive ankle surgery, according to the Houston-based immigration advocacy group FIEL. NBC News reported that an immigrant rights group is calling for ICE to 'come clean' about its pursuit of Jose Parra Hernández, who has been dead since 2017, the family says, and to release bodycam video.
Latest: An immigrant rights group is calling for ICE to 'come clean' about its pursuit of Jose Parra Hernández, who has been dead since 2017, the family says, and to release bodycam video, NBC News reported.
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How it unfolded
Friday 16 October
The ICE pursuit in Houston in which a federal immigration vehicle hit a construction worker, 48-year-old Miguel Parra Hernandez of Mexico, targeted a suspect who died years ago, the family says, The Philadelphia Inquirer and the LA Times reported, the worker remaining hospitalized with multiple leg fractures, according to the advocacy group FIEL.
- 18:21NBC NewsImmigrant ICE was seeking when its agent hit a man with its SUV has been dead since 2017, family says
- 14:40LA TimesICE pursuit in Houston that broke a man's leg targeted a suspect who died years ago, family says
- 14:31The Philadelphia InquirerICE pursuit in Houston that broke a man's leg targeted a suspect who died years ago, family says
Wednesday 14 October
Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said ICE intentionally hit an immigrant with a car in Houston and may have withheld evidence, the district attorney's office getting no cooperation from the federal government, NBC News reported.
Tuesday 13 October