Posted on 09/06/2019 7:26:37 AM PDT by GoreFreeTN
Undocumented immigrant surrenders to FBI
ANTIOCH, Tenn. (WTVF) — Metro police officers responded to a grocery store in Antioch after a federal immigration officer fired shots while trying to take someone into custody.
The call came in around 7 a.m. Thursday in the parking lot near Food Lion on Richards Road.
Bryan Cox of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the incident happened during a traffic stop. FBI officials said DHS officers were trying to stop an undocumented immigrant regarding immigration law violations.
Cox said the man tried to flee in a white box truck and drove towards the agent. The agent fired two rounds during the incident.
Cox said the individual did stop at some point, but continued even though an agent was in front of the truck. He stressed the immigration officers were doing everyday enforcement and targeted the man who is reportedly a 39-year-old man from Mexico who is in the country illegally. He allegedly had been deported from the U.S. multiple times.
NewsChannel 5 first obtained surveillance video of the incident from a business across the street. It showed the truck was already parked in the parking lot when an unidentified car with flashing lights and a white pickup truck pulled up. A few minutes later, the truck could be seen driving away moments before one of the agents appeared to raise his hand and point at the vehicle.
FBI officials said the man was injured in the shooting.
The agents could be seen chasing after the truck in the parking lot before pulling back.
Metro Nashville police confirmed the box truck was later found at Country Meadows mobile home park down the street but the driver was nowhere to be found.
Sky 5 showed the box truck had at least one bullet hole in the windshield.
A spokesperson with the FBI said the agency is investigating a potential assault on a federal officer. The FBI said there is no indication this person is a threat to the community.
According to police, Metro officers were not involved in the incident but stayed on site to secure the scene. Agents with the FBI and U.S. Department of Homeland Security are handling the investigation.
Nashville Mayor David Briley released the following statement:
"The federal government’s inability to arrive at comprehensive immigration reform results in situations like what happened in Antioch this morning. This is exactly what we don’t want happening in our city. MNPD is no longer involved and has turned the scene over to the FBI.
MNPD is currently looking for the victim of this shooting so that he may receive any needed medical assistance. My top priority remains the safety and well-being of all of the residents of Nashville."
The FBI took the undocumented immigrant into custody after he surrendered. He is receiving medical treatment at a Nashville hospital. ICE officials say he has multiple prior convictions in Davidson County, some of which are violent convictions.
ICE spokesperson Bryan Cox told NewsChannel 5 that this is an example of how Nashville's policy of not cooperating with ICE could be dangerous to the community.
“Mexican...in stable condition after gunshots to stomach, elbow”
Based on the OP story, the driver is still at large.
And It’s hard to believe they would let him go and not charge him yet, after his actions in the parking lot.
It’s like we’re dealing with two different stories.
had been deported from the U.S. multiple times.
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I am so sick of reading this.
Third deportation should be from 30,000 feet no parachute, would seriously reduce recidivism.
So why haven't they posted this video?
I realize they have edited clips of the surveillance video in their news report video. I want to see the entire unedited surveillance video.
“Third deportation should be from 30,000 feet no parachute, would seriously reduce recidivism.”
That sounds expensive. How about a trebuchet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ8jGqdE2iw
Sorry but he is not a victim.
Velkommen,high and small..../LOL
MountainousMidgette
Since Sep 3, 2019
Prepare for incoming ozone.
Nuked
The shots wouldn’t have been fired into the store if border patrol agents were allowed to fire shots at border crossers. Nip the problem in the bud.
Was the shooter a gun-grabbing Democrat Thug?
My Aunt move from her long time home in Antioch after government subsidized Somalis moved in across the street and made her life a living hell.
“My Aunt move from her long time home in Antioch after government subsidized Somalis moved in across the street and made her life a living hell.”
‘Moved’
“The FBI said there is no indication this person is a threat to the community.”
Useless PC morons
Excellent target acquisition and removal!
The comment by the ultra liberal mayor says MNPD is still looking for the driver. There’s so much double talk in the news accounts because they fear not being PC enough for their rival news outlets. It’s like they are having a contest to see who can be the most “progressive”.
Then the ultra liberal mayor has the audacity to blame the federal government. He issued an executive order barring any metro Nashville employee from cooperating with ICE, which is against TN state law. He’s loosing a lot of funding because of the order which compounds his already “in the red” budget. And he’s trying to run for re-election Sept 12, 2019. He’ll lose to another liberal, John Cooper, whose brother, Jim Cooper, is US Rep for Nashville.
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