BREAKING: Alleged Hit and Run Assault By ICE in Los Angeles

UPDATE 6:30PM ET: Ice claims: “This was no hit and run. This was a targeted arrest of a violent rioter who punched a CBP officer. When Homeland Security Investigations tried to arrest Christian Damian Cerno-Camacho for the assault, he attempted to flee. He was ultimately arrested and taken into custody.”

@krassenstein6/11 ICE allegedly rams car and flees the scene in Los Angeles #boyleheights #losangeles #breakingnews

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Moments ago in Boyle Heights, witnesses captured two unmarked federal immigration SUVs slamming into a white sedan carrying three people. Video appears to show agents firing a chemical irritant towards the vehicle before driving off. LAPD has opened a hit-and-run investigation and is treating the collision as a potential assault with a deadly weapon.

The incident breaks during an already volatile week of anti-ICE demonstrations citywide. Sparked by a series of immigration raids, protests have spread from Boyle Heights to the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building downtown, blocking the 101 Freeway, torching cars and drawing nightly clashes with police who have replied with tear gas and less-lethal rounds

Amid the escalating unrest, President Donald Trump has ordered 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 U.S. Marines into Los Angeles—a move Governor Gavin Newsom blasted as a “brazen abuse of power,” arguing the federal show of force has only inflamed tensions.

As word of the Boyle Heights crash spread on social media, protesters converged on the scene, chanting “No ICE in L.A.” and demanding accountability. Community advocates say the collision underscores their broader complaint: that heavy-handed federal tactics are endangering residents rather than protecting them. LAPD has cordoned off the area, but organizers vow nightly vigils until the agents involved are identified and charged