ICE Shot a Man in December. Now, Agents Can't Get Their Stories Straight.

"The immigration agents - two in a blue Ford Expedition and four in a white Dodge Durango - had run Rodriguez Romero's license plate, and upon learning he was a Cuban national with a pending asylum case, decided to arrest him. Rodriguez Romero pulled over, and the agents surrounded his white Toyota 4Runner, ordering him to get out of the vehicle. He refused, and after the agents threatened to break his driver's side window, he drove away."

"The agents hopped back in their cars and pursued Rodriguez Romero as he circled back towards his apartment. As he pulled into the parking lot, he hit two parked cars and came to a stop. The agents again surrounded him - this time with guns drawn - and as Rodriguez Romero started up again toward the apartment's main entrance, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fired two shots at his car."

"Here, the government and defendants' stories diverge: either the immigration agents in the Durango rammed into Rodriguez Romero's car from behind, pushing it into the feds' Expedition; or, as the government claims, Rodriguez Romero reversed into the Durango before shifting into drive and ramming into the back of the Explorer, pinning an agent between the vehicles."

"Rodriguez Romero then ran into his apartment building, where the officers caught up with him, handcuffed him and drove him to the Whipple Federal Build"

Juan Carlos Rodriguez Romero left his apartment complex to begin a DoorDash shift on icy roads in St. Paul during Operation Metro Surge. A driver behind him activated emergency lights, and ICE agents in two vehicles ran his license plate. After learning he was a Cuban national with a pending asylum case, the agents decided to arrest him. Rodriguez Romero pulled over, but refused orders to exit his white Toyota 4Runner. After threats to break his driver-side window, he drove away. The agents pursued him as he returned toward his apartment, where he hit two parked cars and stopped. Agents surrounded him with guns drawn, and as he started toward the apartment entrance, an ICE officer fired two shots at his car. The parties dispute whether the agents rammed his car or whether he reversed into the Durango and pinned an agent. He then ran into his apartment building, was handcuffed, and taken to a federal building.

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