Department of Homeland Security changes story of Maryland ICE shooting after local police release contradicting details
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Key Points:
- The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revised its account of a Christmas Eve immigration enforcement shooting in Glen Burnie, Maryland, after local police contradicted initial details; the injured man was actually a passenger in an ICE vehicle, not in the van involved in the incident.
- DHS officers fired on a van driven by Tiago Alexandre Sousa-Martins, who rammed ICE vehicles and attempted to run over officers during a targeted enforcement operation; Sousa-Martins was shot and hospitalized, while Salvadoran national Solomon Antonio Serrano-Esquivel, injured in the ICE vehicle, was treated and taken into custody.
- The Anne Arundel County Police Department, which is investigating the incident, clarified that its officers do not enforce immigration laws or conduct
