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This is a list of shootings by U.S. immigration agents during the second Trump administration (2025–present). Federal immigration agencies in the United States include Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which are both housed in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). There have been at least 27 shootings by immigration agents since January 20, 2025, of which 8 have resulted in deaths.

Shooting into vehicles

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Analysts have noted an unusually large proportion of shootings by immigration agents involving moving vehicles. In January 2026, The Wall Street Journal identified at least 13 instances of immigration officers "firing at or into civilian vehicles" since July 2025, resulting in at least 8 total gunshot wounds, two of which led to deaths. At least 5 of the people shot in this time period were also U.S. citizens.[1]

Many U.S. police agencies, including the federal Department of Justice, have trained officers not to fire into moving vehicles or have banned the practice outside of rare circumstances, such as a driver shooting at people or already attempting to run them over. Firing at a moving driver is difficult, risks hitting innocent people in the vehicle or on the street, and can lead to collisions due to the death of the driver. Some cases have resulted in the deaths of children or pregnant women and have subsequently sparked public protests or backlash. Police are also trained not to endanger themselves by standing in front of moving or stationary vehicles, and that intentionally putting themselves in danger does not create a right of self-defense. According to various police agencies, safer alternatives include recording the license plate of an escaping vehicle to track down the occupants later, and moving out of the path of the vehicle.[2][3]

List of shootings

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Date Location State Dead Injured Total Description
January 20, 2025 Coventry Vermont 2[a] 0 2 CBP agents pulled over a car near the Canadian border. A shootout occurred between the two women in the vehicle and CBP, killing Agent David Maland and German national Ophelia Baukholt. The driver was arrested. The shooting is believed to be connected to the Zizians.[4]
January 27, 2025 Fronton Texas 0 0 0 CBP officers and Mexican cartel members were involved in a shootout near the border. No injuries were reported.[5]
February 12, 2025 Cameron County Texas 0 1 1 A CBP agent "discharged his service-issued weapon" while "responding to suspected smuggling activity" in the Boca Chica area. The agent was not harmed, but one person sustained a gunshot wound and received medical attention.[6]
May 13, 2025 Brownsville Texas 0 1 1 Officers with the Texas Department of Public Safety, Brownsville Police Department, and CBP were engaged in a pursuit and shootout with 25-year-old Alberto Pintor, Jr., who was shot twice in the incident.[7][8]
July 1, 2025 Nogales Arizona 0 1 1 A CBP officer shot a man near the Nogales-Grand Avenue Port of Entry. CBP said the man threw a rock at agents who were inspecting vehicles. The officer then shot the man after he allegedly threw another rock at CBP officers.[9]
July 7, 2025 McAllen Texas 1 3[b] 4 A 27-year-old man fired at a CBP facility near the McAllen International Airport, hitting two officers and an employee. CBP and McAllen police shot the man, killing him.[10]
July 19, 2025 New York City New York 0 2 2 Two undocumented immigrants allegedly attempted to rob an off-duty CBP agent in Washington Heights. The officer and the other two individuals then engaged in a shootout, which led to the injury of the officer and 21-year-old Dominican migrant Miguel Francisco Mora Nuñez.[11][12] DHS Secretary Kristi Noem later stated that these two migrants were members of the Trinitarios gang, and cited this incident in relation to Operation Salvo.[13]
July 31, 2025 Black Forest Colorado 0 0 0 An ICE agent fired three shots at two people in a vehicle, whom ICE described as "aliens." An ICE spokesperson said the driver attempted to ram agents with his vehicle. The two people fled the scene.[14] ICE later arrested one of the individuals, Francisco Zapata-Pacheco.[15]
August 16, 2025 San Bernardino California 0 0 0 Masked immigration agents broke a man's car window and fired three shots at his car during a traffic stop, nearly striking his 18-year-old son. The man fled in his car and called 911, as he did not know the identities of the men who had shot at him. CBP claimed that the man drove toward the officers, and that two CBP agents were injured. A crowd of demonstrators gathered around the man's home, and no one was initially detained in the incident. The man was later taken into federal custody.[16][17]
September 9, 2025 El Paso Texas 0 0 0 Plainclothes CBP agents shot and killed a Rottweiler in a home. The dog was in a bathroom for its own safety when officers let it out, then shot it. The agents were at the home in connection to a tip about a "migrant smuggling operation" from previous owners of the home.[18]
September 12, 2025 Chicago Illinois 1 0 1 An ICE agent shot and killed an undocumented Mexican immigrant named Silverio Villegas González who was allegedly attempting to flee a traffic stop. ICE agents claimed that Villegas González was attempting to hit them with his vehicle.[19]
October 4, 2025 Chicago Illinois 0 1 1 An ICE agent shot a US citizen named Marimar Martinez five times and accused her of ramming into ICE agents. Martinez survived the shooting, and charges that were filed against her were later dismissed. Agents also claimed that Martinez was "armed with a semi-automatic weapon," although this was not mentioned in the charges against her.[20][21]
October 17, 2025 Washington District of Columbia 0 0 0 During a surge in federal law enforcement in Washington, a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agent shot at an unarmed African American man during a traffic stop. Authorities claimed the man nearly hit officers while fleeing the scene, and he was charged with fleeing from law enforcement, but the charge was dismissed. A police report filed in the criminal case did not mention the shooting.[22]
October 21, 2025 Los Angeles California 0 2 2 ICE agents attempted to arrest a TikTok streamer from Mexico who frequently filmed ICE operations. During the arrest, an ICE agent's gun went off, striking the streamer and a US Marshal who was assisting the operation. DHS claimed the streamer had attempted to ram vehicles, but the indictment against him was dropped in December 2025.[23][24]
October 29, 2025 Phoenix Arizona 0 1 1 ICE officers pulled over a man from Honduras in North Phoenix. ICE said the man attempted to speed away, leading an officer who was in the vehicle's path to shoot him. The man's vehicle was struck and he was injured, but it is unclear whether he was also shot or if he was otherwise wounded in the traffic accident. [25]
October 30, 2025 Ontario California 0 1 1 During an ICE operation, Carlos Jimenez, an American citizen, stopped by ICE officers in his truck to warn them there would soon be children in the area. An officer threatened Jimenez with a gun and told him to leave. After reversing, Jimenez pulled forward, whereupon the ICE agent shot and injured him.[26] ICE claimed Jimenez attempted to hit officers while reversing, while Jimenez's attorneys said he was performing a three-point turn.[27]
November 13, 2025 Washington District of Columbia 0 0 0 An HSI agent and a D.C. Police officer pulled over a man for running a red light. During the chase, the agent shot at the car when the driver allegedly reversed it into a police cruiser.[28]
December 11, 2025 Rio Grande City Texas 1 0 1 CBP agents encountered a group of pedestrians who were dressed in camouflage clothing. After the agents identified themselves as CBP, the group attempted to flee on foot. Agents were reportedly engaged in a fight with a 31-year-old Mexican man whom they had attempted to detain, whom they then shot and killed.[29][30]
December 16, 2025 New York City New York 0 0 0 An off-duty CBP officer fired his gun during a road rage incident with another driver near John F. Kennedy International Airport.[31]
December 21, 2025 Saint Paul Minnesota 0 0 0 ICE attempted to arrest an undocumented Cuban man during a traffic stop. ICE said the man drove towards officers, hitting one, leading an officer to shoot at him. The man was charged with assault on a federal officer; the indictment also said the man bit an officer.[32]
December 24, 2025 Glen Burnie Maryland 0 1 1 ICE agents detained two men who were suspected of being in the country illegally. Agents shot one of the men when he attempted to flee, with ICE claiming he attempted to run over officers in a van. The passenger was injured in the crash; initial reports said he was in the passenger's seat of the van, but local officials later said he was in an ICE vehicle when he was injured.[33]
December 31, 2025 Los Angeles California 1 0 1 In the neighborhood of Northridge, an off-duty ICE agent shot and killed Keith Porter, a 43-year-old Black father of two, alleging that Porter had shot at him. Porter's family said he had been firing shots outside as part of a New Year's Eve celebration and did not pose a threat to anyone.[34]
January 7, 2026 Minneapolis Minnesota 1 0 1 A masked ICE agent shot a motorist, U.S. citizen Renée Good, three times on a Minneapolis street. Agents claimed that Good was attempting to ram them with her vehicle. Good died of her injuries.[35]
January 8, 2026 Portland Oregon 0 2 2 A CBP agent shot two people, Luis David Nico Moncada and Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras, during a traffic stop. DHS said both entered the United States illegally from Venezuela, and claimed that the shooting was in self-defense because Moncada was attempting to ram them with his vehicle.[36][37][38] DHS furthermore claimed both were "suspected Tren de Aragua gang associates".[37][39]
January 14, 2026 Minneapolis Minnesota 0 1 1 An ICE agent shot a man from Venezuela during an operation in North Minneapolis.[40][41] The DHS alleged that the agent had been "ambushed and attacked" while performing an arrest,[42] although the New York Times noted that "[t]he federal government's narrative could not immediately be verified."[43]
January 21, 2026 Willowbrook California 0 0 0 A DHS agent shot at an undocumented man during a targeted operation that entailed a car pursuit and a crash. DHS claimed the officer shot at the man because he "rammed law enforcement".[44]
January 24, 2026 Minneapolis Minnesota 1 0 1 Border Patrol agents in the Whittier neighborhood wrestled Alex Pretti to the ground and shot him 9 times, killing him.[45] The DHS claimed he had a gun, while video analysis concurred he was holding a phone.[46][45] Civilians rapidly assembled to protest, and federal security forces deployed flashbang grenades to disperse them.[47]

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Notes

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  1. ^ One shot by suspect, one shot by Border Patrol
  2. ^ Shot by suspect

References

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