Man fleeing immigration agents in Florida killed by tractor-trailer

A man fleeing from federal immigration agents in St. Augustine, Florida, was killed after being struck by a tractor-trailer. The incident occurred around 7 a.m. when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security Investigations officers stopped a vehicle with four occupants outside a gas station. The four individuals fled on foot, and one man, aged 28, was struck by a tractor-trailer while crossing State Road 16. The truck driver stopped to assist the man. This incident is the third death in about a week involving ICE officers, following two other fatalities during encounters with ICE in Maine and Texas. In Maine, ICE agents fatally shot a 26-year-old Colombian national during a traffic stop, while in Houston, an ICE officer shot and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during an immigration enforcement operation. Body cameras were not used in either shooting. A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official stated that ICE officers nationwide have been instructed to stop conducting vehicle stops immediately. The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the incident in Florida.