ICE Officers Shoot Van Driver, Passenger Who Tried To Hit Them: DHS

GLEN BURNIE, MD — Two people were injured after immigration officers shot the driver of a van who had been trying to run them over on Wednesday in Glen Burnie, federal authorities said.

Anne Arundel County police responded shortly before 11 a.m. to the scene in the 500 block of West Court, according to the police department, which noted local law enforcement was not involved in the shooting.

U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement officers were conducting a targeted operation and identified the driver as a man from Portugal whose visa expired in 2009, according to an agency spokesperson, who noted the driver's passenger was a man from El Salvador who was in the U.S. illegally.

Officers approached the vehicle and told the driver to turn off the engine, but the driver refused and tried to flee, ramming his van into several federal vehicles and attempting to run officers over, according to a social media post from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

The officers fired their weapons and hit the driver, who crashed the van, injuring the passenger, according to the department, which added officers provided medical aid and both injured men were taken to a hospital, where they were in stable condition and expected to recover.

Today, @ICEgov officers were conducting a targeted immigration enforcement operation in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Agents positively identified the driver of a van as Tiago Alexandre Sousa-Martins, an illegal alien from Portugal. In the passenger seat was Solomon Antonio… pic.twitter.com/M8tdlK39vx
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) December 24, 2025

The ICE officers were not severely hurt, according to the department.

The Anne Arundel County Police Department Criminal Investigation Division will investigate the shooting, that agency said, while the FBI will investigate the assault on the ICE agents. ICE is also conducting an internal investigation under the Office of Professional Responsibility, according to police.