A teenager shot his way through locked doors at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Ore., on Thursday, killing three children and a teacher, police say.The children were 5, 8 and 11 years old, Bend Police Department Chief Mike Krantz said during a press conference on Thursday evening. The suspect, identified as a 16-year-old Bend resident, was shot and killed inside the school by a member of the community who saw him enter the building and pursued him, Krantz said. A 7-year-old child and a 54-year-old teacher were also sent to a hospital with critical injuries.The Associated Press on Friday identified the bystander who killed the shooter as Kyle Giamanco, a lifelong Bend resident and the father of two young daughters at the school.”He is not seeking recognition, but instead wishes to express his gratitude to the first responders, school personnel and community for the outpouring of love and support,” Giamanco’s mother, Kenda Freeman, said while reading a prepared statement to reporters outside her son’s home near the school. President Trump on Friday called Giamanco a “great hero” who prevented the attack from being “much worse.””Thank goodness for a man that had a gun and knew how to use it,” he said. Community members grieve at the site of a makeshift memorial in front of Silver Rail Elementary School.Mathieu Lewis-Rolland via Getty ImagesOn Thursday, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek praised the previously anonymous bystander for “heroically” intervening and stopping further loss of life.”Your actions carry a heavy emotional burden, and I just want you to know that my thoughts are with you as well,” Kotek said.The wounded teacher was identified by the AP as Becky Drury, an educational assistant at Silver Rail Elementary.According to a Facebook post from her mother-in-law, Drury has already had surgery to repair serious damage to her left arm and will need more surgeries in the future. She also suffered injuries to her right hand, but none of her wounds are believed to be life-threatening. “The good news is she will be ok and we all get to keep that magnificent woman we love so much in our lives,” the post read. Police did not release the names of the victims or the shooter. Krantz did not say what kind of gun the suspect used, although a law enforcement official briefed on the shooting told the Associated Press that it was a pump-action shotgun. Multiple outlets have reported that the shotgun was originally purchased by the shooter’s mother, citing law enforcement sources. It was not immediately clear if the shooter knew anyone at the school or whether he had attended. Police haven’t released any information about the shooter’s potential motive. “This is going to be a long investigation,” Krantz said. “We will have a large police presence at Silver Rail Elementary School for the next several days as our officers continue to conduct a very thorough investigation so we get all the answers. We appreciate your patience as we continue to investigate this terrible tragedy.”The Bend Police Department has said it will provide further information at a press conference on Friday afternoon. How the shooting unfolded Flowers are placed beside a sign at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Ore., on Friday.AP Photo/Haven DaleyAccording to an incident report posted by the Bend Police Department, Deschutes County dispatch received reports of an active shooter at 12:59 p.m. local time, from a person in a vehicle outside the school who said they had been shot at multiple times by someone with a long gun.The suspect entered the school after shooting through locked doors. Law enforcement officers were alerted at 1 p.m. and the school went into lockdown a minute later.Officers arrived at the scene at 1:02 p.m. “Seconds later, officers reported the suspect had been shot and killed, possibly by a bystander,” police said. Officers then cleared the school, and all students and staff were transported to a nearby church for reunification with families and guardians.Federal law enforcement sources told Fox News that the bystander had a concealed carry permit.FBI Director Kash Patel said the agency was on the scene assisting in the investigation.”Our hearts are broken,” Bend Mayor Melanie Kebler said during Thursday’s press conference. “A school should be a safe place where children can learn and feel secure. What happened today should never happen.””We are stunned and heartbroken by this senseless tragedy,” Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Steven Cook wrote in a statement. “We extend our deepest sympathy to the families and to everyone affected by this violence. No words can adequately express the grief our community is experiencing. Our immediate priorities are caring for our students and staff and assisting law enforcement and emergency responders.”The school district said all of its schools would be closed on Friday and crisis counselors would be available to to all students, families, staff and community members beginning at 10 a.m. at the Deschutes County Central Library.”We are all still in shock and starting to process the shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School,” Bend-La Pine Schools said in a press release. “We know it will take time to fully understand the depth and magnitude of this tragedy and how it will continue to affect our community.”‘They’re babies’People leave a family reunification area following a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Ore., on Thursday.AP Photo/Joe KlineWitnesses described hearing gunshots and seeing police swarm the school.”I heard what I thought was gunshots,” Erin Johnson, who was visiting her parents next door to the school, told Oregon Public Broadcasting. “Then my neighbor began to scream shortly thereafter — her kids go to school there, at Silver Rail. Then I heard the police coming in.”She added: “It’s heartbreaking. I don’t know any details right now about who was injured. But they’re babies.”Krista Johnson told OregonLive that she saw police swarm the school. “So many people stopping what they were doing,” she said. “I knew that something had happened.” Angela Nuchols told the Bend Source that she and her husband had dressed their 8-year-old daughter up for picture day before school, then raced to Silver Rail after hearing about the shooting.”It was crawling with police officers from all over the county,” she said. “You’ve got guys in tactical gear, rifles. You’re just scared to death wondering, is your child okay? You don’t know.” They were later reunited with their daughter.”It was like the worst three hours of our lives,” Nuchols said.Thousands attended a vigil at Bend’s Drake Park on Thursday night, many carrying candles, flowers and stuffed toys. “There is power and love in this park tonight,” Kotek said at the vigil, according to OregonLive. “On behalf of everyone who lives in Oregon, I am so sorry for what you are experiencing today. No parent, no family, no community should have to have this kind of day.”Kotek ordered flags at all Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-mast on Friday in honor of the victims. The Bend Education Association, which represents 1,000 educators in the city, released a statement emphasizing the work that will be needed to ensure that every student and teacher affected by the shooting has the support that they need. “When violence happens in one of our schools, it reaches far beyond that building,” the group’s president, Sarah Barclay, wrote on social media. “It affects our families, our colleagues, and communities across our country. Every student and every person who works in our schools deserves to be safe.”This article originally appeared on Yahoo News at https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/article/multiple-people-reportedly-killed-after-shooting-at-oregon-elementary-school-230432197.html

President Trump signaled on Friday that he might replace embattled new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia after less than one week on the job. Around the same time, multiple outlets reported that Zacharia had already been let go. Citing “three people familiar with the matter,” the New York Times reported on Friday afternoon that Trump had “fired” Zacharia. A senior White House official told Fox News that Zacharia is “transitioning out” of her role, and CBS News, Politico and the Washington Post published similar reports.If confirmed, that would make Zacharia the shortest-tenured White House press secretary in U.S. history. “We’re talking about doing something,” Trump told reporters outside the White House, adding that he told Zacharia to “reconsider” whether she “need[s] this.” “I told her, ‘I think you’re better off being happy and I don’t think you could ever be happy in this job,'” Trump said.Asked if he was planning to “fire” Zacharia, the president said no. But, he added, “I want her to have a good life. I don’t want [her] to have a life like she’s led in the last three days. She is being brutalized by the media.” Trump: “I told Katie that in my opinion she was treated very very unfairly by the news. Let’s call it the fake news. I said, ‘Katie, do you need this? I don’t think you need this.’ We’re talking about doing something. I want her to have a good life. She’s being brutalized by the… pic.twitter.com/Ivkk5imCjS— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 16, 2026 Trump said he would discuss the matter further with Zacharia when he returns from a Friday campaign rally in Georgia. The president announced on Friday, Oct. 9, that he had chosen Zacharia, a conservative commentator and former Department of Homeland Security spokesperson, to replace Karoline Leavitt, who left the administration in August.Zacharia started at the White House on Monday gave her first press briefing on Tuesday. But she has spent the days since then facing questions about her own legal credentials rather than Trump’s agenda. In his post on Truth Social announcing her appointment, Trump described Zacharia as an “attorney” as well as “a devoted fan and member of MAGA!” Zacharia holds both a law degree and a bachelor’s degree from Pepperdine University, and her LinkedIn page says she served as “general counsel” at Fix California, a nonprofit founded by former acting Kennedy Center director Ric Grenell to promote conservative policies in the Golden State. In media appearances, Zacharia has repeatedly described herself as a lawyer. But the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that while Zacharia sat for the California bar exam after graduating from law school, she “didn’t pass.” A senior administration official confirmed to NBC News that Zacharia did not pass the California bar exam. Reuters also investigated her credentials and “could not find records showing Zacharia was registered as an attorney or member of the bar in any U.S. state or the District of Columbia.”Asked by reporters Tuesday on the South Lawn where she passed the bar, Zacharia twice replied, “When I moved to China.” In a phone interview with the New York Times on Wednesday, Zacharia said she misheard the question. “I assumed the question was, ‘Where were you after law school?'” she told the paper. “That’s all I could hear over the sound of Marine One. And, wanting to respect protocol, the distance behind the president, kept me from moving closer to hear the question.”Zacharia pointed out that it was only her second day on the job. White House press secretary Katie Zacharia looks on as President Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn on Oct. 13.AP Photo/Julia Demaree NikhinsonIn a statement to the Washington Post, the White House said that “Katie moved to China with her husband after graduating because of his job at an American private equity firm while she worked on international transaction law.” According to USA Today, Zacharia “worked for a Chinese law firm’s international-practice team on multimillion-dollar shareholder agreements involving investments through the World Bank.” She did not attempt to take the bar exam a second time.On Thursday, Zacharia confimed that she did not pass the bar, telling the conservative outlet Real America’s Voice that she was “incredibly distracted and overwhelmed and excited” at the time by her impending marriage and move to China. “We just said… ‘I’ll take the bar and see what happens,'” Zacharia recalled. “The results are somewhat inconsequential because I knew I wouldn’t need the bar in China.” On Wednesday, a nonprofit watchdog group called Campaign for Accountability filed a complaint with the California bar asking it to investigate whether Zacharia had violated state law by “repeatedly holding herself out as a lawyer.” White House spokesperson Steven Cheung responded on social media by dismissing the Campaign for Accountability as a “radical leftist-organization run by rabid numbskulls suffering from a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome.”Legal experts told the Times that it’s debatable whether a law school graduate can describe herself as a “lawyer” before she passes the bar. But she cannot call herself an “attorney” — someone who is licensed to practice law and give legal advice — nor can she serve as a “general counsel” or as an “associate” at a Chinese law firm, they added.Zacharia told Real America’s Voice that she was “very careful about how I executed this and I never came across as somebody who was an attorney-at-law.””I consulted for a very long time many people in the field — ‘Is it OK and acceptable if I label myself ‘lawyer’ … and provide legal analysis, not legal advice,” she explained. “They said, ‘Absolutely,’ across the board. ‘You can call yourself a lawyer.'”On Thursday night, Fox News host Sean Hannity pressed Zacharia on her halting explanation.”Why not just say, ‘I went to Pepperdine Law School and then took a different career path, and I took the bar once and didn’t pass it’?” Hannity asked. “Why get into this long drawn-out thing about the difference between a lawyer and an attorney?””When I moved back to the United States, I didn’t retake the bar,” Zacharia said. “I had four kids in six years. It was never my intent to go into the practice of law.”What happened in Zacharia’s first briefing?White House press secretary Katie Zacharia speaks with reporters in the Briefing Room on Oct. 13.AP Photo/Julia Demaree NikhinsonZacharia’s first briefing lasted 15 minutes, most of which was taken up by her opening statement.”I am so honored to work for President Trump and the American people as the new White House press secretary,” Zacharia told reporters in the Briefing Room. “I want to thank President Trump for his trust that he has placed in me. I have wanted to work with him for a very long time.”She took questions from three news outlets — Breitbart, Fox News and the Daily Mail — before ending the briefing.Asked what she planned to do as press secretary, Zacharia said, “I get to do what I was doing on the outside already, which was getting to amplify, multiply and expand upon President Trump’s incredible agenda for the American people.”In his post on Truth Social announcing her appointment, Trump said Zacharia “has an unblemished record of support, and has been a loyal and brilliant supporter, right from the beginning.”Zacharia called the appointment “the honor of a lifetime” in a post on X. Who is Katie Zacharia?President Donald Trump and Katie Zacharia.Katie Zacharia/XThe 42-year-old California native and mother of four left her role as senior communications adviser to Trump Media and Technology Group, which runs Truth Social, to join the White House. Before that, she served for about two months as a deputy assistant secretary and spokesperson for former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, according to her LinkedIn profile. She was best known for her frequent appearances defending the administration’s policies on Fox News, CNN, Newsmax, One America News and other outlets. She told CNN in April — around the time she left DHS — that she’s a “huge fan of ICE and a big fan of the Border Patrol.”Zacharia first came to Washington in 2006 to intern for the Republican National Committee while George W. Bush was president. She lives in California with her husband and their four young children.During Tuesday’s briefing, she was asked about juggling the competing roles of being a mother and White House press secretary. “The idea of not spending evenings with my kids is completely unacceptable,” Zacharia said, before confusing her spouse with her boss. “So my president — excuse me, my husband — is out here.”Zacharia then praised Trump as the “most family-friendly president we’ve ever had” and said her family will be moving from California to Washington, D.C., soon.CNN reported on Friday that Zacharia’s “selection came about quickly” and that she “was not being considered for the role” as of “last week.” CNN also reported that “on multiple occasions, senior officials had narrowed down the list” of possible press secretaries “only to find that candidates had said something negative about the president, disqualifying them from the position.”In a New York Post column in February, Zacharia recounted a clash with liberal patrons of her “local cardio kickboxing gym” that ended with the gym owner asking her not to wear her red “Team Trump 2024″ hat to exercise class.”I responded that I would never take my Trump hat off to appease the left,” Zacharia wrote. “I refuse to stay silent.”This article originally appeared on Yahoo News at https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/article/katie-zacharia-out-as-white-house-press-secretary-after-5-days-on-the-job-reports-182158704.html

Seven years ago, a political appointee in the first Trump administration approached U.S. immigration authorities with a request that alarmed career staffers: Scrub the immigration records of Rep. Ilhan Omar, then a newly elected Democratic lawmaker from Minnesota, for evidence of fraud. That 2019 demand, detailed by three former immigration officials, struck staffers at the time as a highly unusual effort to wield federal power to dig up compromising material on a sitting member of Congress who was a prominent critic of President Donald Trump. Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. The request sparked a swift review examining Omar’s history, her family’s past as Somali refugees resettled in the United States and rumors that had circulated for years in conservative media over her marriage. Homeland Security Investigations – the investigative arm of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement – ultimately determined there was insufficient evidence of wrongdoing, one of the former officials said. The idea of pursuing a full investigation was eventually abandoned. Now, though, with Trump back in the White House and his administration using federal power to take aim at perceived enemies, Omar has once again found herself in federal crosshairs. She is now facing an inquiry over some of the same allegations investigators previously deemed not worth pursuing. The current effort – which burst into public view Monday as federal agents descended upon Omar’s D.C. home – is focused on whether she or her father lied on paperwork they submitted to obtain legal status and eventual citizenship after arriving in the U.S. in the 1990s. Investigators are reexamining questions about Omar’s birth date and her late father’s past military history in Somalia, which had passed scrutiny during the 2019 review. Depending on their findings, the administration could seek to charge Omar with a crime or move to challenge her status in the country. But such a step would be a sharp reversal of the earlier review, which found no issue with her naturalization, one of the former officials familiar with the earlier effort said. “I think her citizenship is solid and there wasn’t any fraud there,” the ex-official said. Omar has dismissed the revived investigation as yet another example of the Justice Department, under Trump, attempting “to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement.” “Trump has spread lie after lie about the Congresswoman in a desperate attempt to justify his extraordinary abuse of power,” her spokesperson said in a statement Thursday. “This is politically motivated and an escalation of Trump’s personal vendetta against her lasting over a decade.” This account of the Trump administration’s current and past efforts to investigate and possibly build a case against Omar is based on interviews with a dozen people, many of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss nonpublic details of those probes. Several current and former officials raised questions about the scope, tactics and motivations driving the current Omar investigation, which they say appears to be disregarding key norms on how immigration reviews are typically handled and bypassing guardrails intended to ensure federal inquiries, including those looking into sitting lawmakers, are not perceived to be driven by politics. A spokesperson for the Justice Department said the agency does not comment on ongoing investigations. The Department of Homeland Security referred questions to the Justice Department. Questions about the probe came into play ahead of this week’s highly public search of Omar’s home. Before carrying out the search, prosecutors spent days working to allay concerns from a federal judge that their plans could run afoul of constitutional protections shielding members of Congress from unwarranted executive branch intrusion, according to three people familiar with the matter. U.S. Magistrate Judge Matthew J. Sharbaugh, who ultimately signed off on the warrant, first imposed strict conditions on how the search should be carried out, the people said. His limits on the search appeared intended to ensure that the warrant fell in line with the D.C. court’s interpretation of the Constitution’s speech and debate clause, which generally shields lawmakers’ legislative duties and actions from criminal probes. As part of the search, agents removed boxes of documents and seized Omar’s cellphone and passport, one person familiar with the matter said. Trump has assailed Omar for years, and this week condemned her again on social media and public remarks. “I think she’s a terrible person,” he told reporters. “But that’s really up to the DOJ. I have nothing to do with it.” Trump’s administration has also made clear its scrutiny on Omar is not limited to immigration issues. Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney in D.C., announced Tuesday her office had launched its own investigation into Omar’s personal finances, tied to disclosure statements she filed in Congress last year and separate from the immigration probe. Pirro, a former Fox News host, once drew a highly unusual public rebuke from the network in 2019 for on-air comments suggesting that Omar, as a Muslim, could not be loyal to the U.S. Constitution. Omar’s office has previously dismissed questions raised by House Republicans over her financial disclosure statements as a right-wing attempt to “manufacture controversy.” However, federal prosecutors’ interest in the finances of Omar extend back to the Biden administration, according to two people familiar with the effort. Those individuals said it was not clear why the investigation during the prior administration appeared to have stalled. But the revived immigration investigation into Omar appears to be the furthest along and the administration’s higher priority. Alessandra P. Serano, an associate deputy attorney general who is playing a key role in the probe, went before the judge seeking the search warrant for Omar’s home, two people familiar with the matter said. Attorney General Todd Blanche also recently dispatched Serano, a trusted aide, to Florida to check in on the high-profile and struggling Florida-based investigation into former Obama and Biden-era officials, according to multiple people. Authorities have issued more than a dozen subpoenas related to Omar and the investigation into her, including some to her siblings, seeking testimony before a grand jury in Minneapolis in the coming weeks, two people said. The Washington Post has reported that investigators are focused on whether Omar or her father, Nur Omar Mohamed, intentionally misstated her birth date on immigration paperwork so she could be eligible to derive citizenship through him as a minor when he was naturalized in 2000. Investigators are also scrutinizing whether Omar’s father may have purposefully lied or omitted information on his past military service in Somalia that could have made him ineligible to obtain legal status in the country. But three former officials involved in the 2019 review of Omar’s immigration file said both of those issues were considered during that inquiry. An official with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, who was normally tasked with scrutinizing the backgrounds of people including serious criminals, terrorists and potential national security threats, was asked in 2019 to review Omar’s background. The then-freshman lawmaker had emerged as a frequent focus of conservative attacks. At the time, the agency was primarily focused on possible fraud related to Omar’s marriage to her former husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi. Right-wing commentators had repeatedly pressed unsubstantiated claims that Omar and Elmi were siblings who carried out a sham marriage so that Elmi could obtain U.S. immigration benefits. Elmi had previously filed an immigration petition related to his marriage-based green card that would move it from conditional status to permanent. USCIS requested additional evidence due to concerns over the validity of his marriage, but Elmi withdrew the application following that request, one of the former officials said. Elmi could not immediately be reached for comment Thursday. The 2019 review of Omar also looked at other issues, some of which are being examined anew. For instance, back then, USCIS quickly determined it could not accurately answer questions over Omar’s age because refugees frequently come from countries with little or no birth records, making it hard to determine with any certainty. “That’s not strange and that’s not a red flag to me,” one of the former officials said. “It’s just very, very common that there aren’t great birth records.” The agency also examined Omar’s father’s immigration file but did not find any issues, according to the former official. The USCIS officer tasked with vetting Omar produced a memo of those findings and shared it with a senior USCIS official and a fraud detention official before the effort was ultimately abandoned, the person said. Due to the sensitivity, the memo was printed out, and distributed in person, and not shared over email. Whether the current investigation will uncover more substantial evidence to back the administration’s fraud claims remains to be seen. Even if the Trump administration finds wrongdoing, any attempt to strip her citizenship would likely be lengthy and result in a legal battle. The administration, however, is also exploring the possibility that it could seek to revoke her citizenship certificate if the current investigation does not result in criminal charges or a conviction, a senior Trump administration official said. Revocation is a rarely employed USCIS administrative process that can be used to cancel the document due to fraud or an error. The process is not restricted to a certain period of time like criminal denaturalizations, which are subject to a 10-year statute of limitations. The revocation would not remove her citizenship but would make it challenging to obtain some government documents. This action could open the door to immigration-related charges and possibly removal proceedings, though such a novel application of the administrative authority would almost certainly face challenges from Omar in court. In a statement, Omar’s spokesperson assailed the Trump administration’s efforts to target the congresswoman. “He has lied about her family, about her immigration history, and about her love of this country,” the statement read. “But the truth is that Trump’s push to strip her of her citizenship and deport her has no basis in the law and has no precedent. This isn’t a legitimate law enforcement action.” Alexei Koseff contributed to this report. CORRECTION: A previous version of this article incorrectly described the length of a memo a USCIS officer produced about Rep. Ilhan Omar. The memo was several pages, not one page. Related ContentThis article originally appeared on Washington Post at https://washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/10/15/trump-officials-scrutinized-omar-2019-they-didnt-find-citizenship-issues/

Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is no longer serving as the Trump administration’s special envoy for the Shield of the Americas initiative, a State Department official said Thursday, though she remains involved in the administration’s efforts to coordinate security cooperation across the Western Hemisphere.”Kristi Noem’s envoy status expired last month and she is no longer in the role,” a State Department official told CBS News Thursday. “She is now a senior advisor to Deputy Secretary Landau and continues to work on the Shield of the Americas portfolio.” The Shield of the Americas is a coalition made up of the United States and several Caribbean and Latin American countries established by the Trump administration earlier this year to cooperate on economic matters, anti-cartel enforcement and other issues.In a statement on X, Noem said her role as special envoy “was always a six-month appointment.”Noem’s envoy designation expired just before the United Nations General Assembly last month in New York, where she continued participating in diplomatic meetings connected to the initiative.On Sept. 22, she met with Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa, whose government publicly identified her as the special envoy for the Shield of the Americas. She also attended a gathering of Shield of the Americas leaders hosted by President Trump, where he publicly acknowledged her work. “I want to thank Kristi Noem for doing a really terrific job,” Mr. Trump said during his remarks.Noem was appointed special envoy for the Shield of the Americas in March, after she was removed as homeland security secretary amid mounting scrutiny of her management of the department and the influence of her adviser, Corey Lewandowski. Her transition to the envoy role coincided with a five-country tour of Latin America and the Caribbean in March, much of which took place as she completed her tenure as homeland security secretary. Lewandowski appeared in photographs during those visits, though the State Department later clarified he had no formal position at the department. Her public activities in the envoy role appear to have been limited, and included meeting Noboa in Quito on March 25, holding discussions with Ecuadorian and Colombian diplomats in Washington in September, and participating in meetings with regional leaders on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. This article originally appeared on CBS News at https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kristi-noem-no-longer-trump-envoy-shield-of-the-americas/

The Immigrations Customs and Enforcement officer who allegedly struck a man with a vehicle during a pursuit outside Houston last weekend has been placed on administrative leave, the agency said.The move is standard for all use-of-force incidents, according to an ICE spokesperson.”This incident is under active internal investigation,” the spokesperson said in a statement Friday.On Saturday, Miguel Parra-Hernandez was hit by a car operated by an ICE agent during an arrest as the unidentified officer attempted to arrest him and another suspect, the agency said. Parra-Hernandez, who ICE alleged is undocumented, is currently in the hospital recovering from injuries to his legs, according to the Harris County District Attorney’s office.Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said Parra-Hernandez broke his leg in three places and has undergone two surgeries.KTRK – PHOTO: Law enforcement officials are at the scene after a man was struck by a vehicle driven by an ICE agent during chase, according to the Harris Courty Sheriff’s Office, on Oct. 10, 2026, in Harris County, Texas.Parra-Hernandez has not been charged by any law enforcement agency as of Thursday, according to the DA’s office.ICE agent strikes man with car during pursuit in Texas, authorities sayICE said in a statement that that one of its officers was pursuing Jose Mendoza-Cervantes, a Mexican national who they allege had a criminal record and a final order of removal by a judge, and observed him get in a vehicle with Parra-Hernandez Saturday morning.The ICE officer attempted a car stop, and Mendoza-Cervantes and Parra-Hernandez fled their vehicle on foot, according to ICE and the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.Surveillance video of the incident reviewed by ABC News appears to show the ICE vehicle moving in the direction of a man running and then striking him. – PHOTO: In this screengrab from a video, a man is shown running prior to being struck by a vehicle driven by an ICE agent, according to the Harris Courty Sheriff’s Office, on Oct. 10, 2026, in Harris County, Texas.An ICE spokesperson alleged in a statement that Parra-Hernandez “ran in front of an ICE vehicle” when he was hit.”Allegations that ICE struck Miguel Parra-Hernandez intentionally are RECKLESS and FALSE. The men and women of ICE are entrusted with upholding the rule of law and are held to the highest standards of professionalism, integrity, and ethical conduct,” the spokesperson said in a statement Wednesday.Mendoza-Cervantes remains at large as of Friday, according to ICE.DA looking to interview 2 witnesses in backseat of ICE vehicle in Houston incidentTeare, the DA, is currently probing the situation and told ABC News Wednesday that his office could possibly pursue criminal charges against the ICE officer.The DA’s office said two people were allegedly detained by the ICE agent prior to the incident and in the back seat of the ICE officer’s vehicle when Parra-Hernandez was hit.Teare told ABC News Thursday that his office was able to interview one of those witnesses before they were deported and that he believes the ICE officer intentionally struck Parra-Hernandez. “Thankfully, we were able to meet with him in custody yesterday, but we were the only individuals to even speak to him,” the DA told ABC News.This article originally appeared on ABC News at https://abcnews.com/US/ice-officer-allegedly-struck-man-texas-vehicle-administrative/story?id=137295824