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Off-duty employee shoots protester near Colorado ICE facility, police say
USA Today • • nation
Key Points:
- An off-duty employee of the GEO Group, which operates the Aurora ICE Processing Center in Colorado, shot a protester outside the facility on July 16, injuring her in the lower body.
- The shooter, identified as 42-year-old Brandon Booth, fired a single shot from his personal firearm after a verbal confrontation with protesters who were taking pictures of employees' vehicles.
- Booth was arrested on multiple charges including attempted second-degree murder and unlawful carrying of a concealed weapon, and has been placed on unpaid administrative leave by GEO Group.
- The injured woman was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, and ICE personnel were not involved in the incident, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
- The shooting occurs amid heightened scrutiny of ICE following recent fatal shootings of immigrants by federal officers in Texas and Maine.
