ICE raid tactics at issue in shooting

TikTok streamer's car was boxed in by agents. They say he tried to ram them.

- RUBEN VIVES, JAMES QUEALLY, RICHARD WINTON, BRITTNY MEJIA AND RACHEL URANGA

OFFICERS gather near where a deputy U.S. marshal and a suspect were shot Tuesday in an ICE raid in L.A.

ETHAN SWOPE For The Times

In a dense South Los Angeles neighborhood, TikTok streamer Carlitos Ricardo Parias revved his engine but was pinned in by the vehicles of federal agents on all sides.

Video taken of the incident Tuesday morning-in which Parias and a deputy U.S. marshal were shot captures the moment he tries to escape, spinning his car tires, and sending smoke billowing into the air, as agents stand just several feet away.

"Shoot him with a pepper ball," an agent yells out.

Then 11 gunshots ring out.

"Me dieron un balazo," Parias can be heard yelling. They shot me.

The shooting is one of several during the Trump administration's crackdown on unauthorized immigrants where agents have become increasingly aggressive in carrying out operations. In Southern California and Chicago, where the operations have been most intense, agents have shot at suspects in cars, alleging that they were rammed, were hit by the vehicle or were in danger. In one case, a man was killed.

Federal officials accuse Parias, a 44-year-old well-known TikTok streamer of local breaking news, of ramming his car into agents' vehicles after they boxed him in and tried to arrest him during an immigration enforcement operation. He is being charged with assault on a federal officer. It wasn't his first run-in with immigration agents.

In June, agents stopped Parias in a traffic stop, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. They pulled over the car he was in because it blew through a red light and appeared to be following them. Video that day captured Parias wearing a black press vest, handcuffed and surrounded by agents as he writhed in pain, holding his leg. Agents later let him hobble away as a crowd recorded and said, "Let him go."