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Friday 6 September 2019

Confrontation between ICE

and suspect leads to shots fired

By TRAVIS LOLLER can national who has been food and water.
Associated Press deported multiple times Eventually the immigration
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — from the U.S. agents left.
An Immigration and Cus- After agents identified Then last week, Briley called
toms Enforcement agent themselves as working for for an investigation of re-
opened fire in a grocery ICE, the person attempt- ports that Nashville proba-
store parking lot in Tennes- ed to flee, driving toward tion officers were working
see early Thursday during an agent who had been with federal immigration
an attempted apprehen- standing in front of the ve- agents by passing along in-
sion, ICE spokesman Bryan hicle, Cox said. formation such as address-
Cox said. “The officer pulled a weap- es and phone numbers. Bri-
Cox said the shooting on and fired two shots into ley called the actions “ab-
came after agents pulled the vehicle,” Cox said. “I solutely unacceptable.”
A bullet hole can be seen in the front window of a box truck over an individual who had don’t know if the officer Earlier this week, Briley di-
where law enforcement officers where investigate after shots
were fired involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement been under surveillance. was injured.” rected city attorneys to in-
agents in the parking lot of a Food Lion store, Thursday, Sept. 5, Cox did not identify the It was also unclear if the vestigate grounds for chal-
2019, in the Antioch neighborhood of Nashville, Tenn. person by name but said suspect had been injured. lenging Tennessee’s anti-
Associated Press he was a 39-year-old Mexi- ICE called Nashville police sanctuary-city law, which
about the weapons dis- threatens to withhold some
charge just after 7 a.m., but state funding from local
the suspect had not been governments that adopt
apprehended as of midaft- policies restricting compli-
ernoon. ance with federal immigra-
Nashville Mayor David Bri- tion requests.
ley released a statement On Thursday, Nashville po-
saying police were look- lice secured the scene
ing for the man so that he while waiting for federal
could receive medical as- agents to arrive.
sistance. Cox said the ICE Office of
“My top priority remains the Professional Responsibility
safety and well-being of will inquire into the weap-
all of the residents of Nash- ons discharge, but the
ville,” he said. main investigation will be
Briley has emphasized that conducted by the Federal
Nashville police are not in- Bureau of Investigation.
volved in immigration en- FBI spokesman Joel Sis-
forcement. kovic said his agency was
In July, they were called to asked to investigate a po-
the scene when ICE agents tential assault on a federal
tried to arrest a man in officer.q
his driveway and he and
his son refused to leave
their vehicle, prompting a
standoff.
Nashville police said they
were instructed not to get
involved but to keep the
peace if necessary. The
standoff lasted for four
hours with neighbors pitch-
ing in to help the father
and son by bringing them