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ICE Agents Shoot, Injure Suspect

DENVER (CBS4) - Immigration Customs Enforcement agents were involved in a shooting Friday morning.

Denver Police Chief Robert White said that it occurred while the agents were attempting to make a traffic stop Friday morning in the area of South Inca Street and West Louisiana Avenue in Denver, which is just west of the South Platte River.

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Denver Police Chief Robert White (credit: CBS)
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During the stop, an altercation occurred in which shots were fired after a foot pursuit.

The suspect was struck, grazed by a bullet on his forehead, sustaining non-life threatening injuries.

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"The particulars of why they stopped this individual are unknown and part of the investigation," White said.

The suspect's condition is also unknown at this time.

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