We’ve seen a troubling trend of anti-ICE protesters using their vehicles as weapons. They use them to block roadways, contain agents in parking lots, and, as was the case with Renee Good in Minneapolis, aim their cars at ICE vehicles or even the officers themselves.
On Wednesday, an illegal alien in Los Angeles County decided to turn his car into a weapon:
A federal agent opened fire in southern California Wednesday after a criminal illegal immigrant "weaponized his vehicle and rammed law enforcement" during an attempt to evade arrest, the Department of Homeland Security told Fox News Digital.
A spokesperson said the incident happened Wednesday morning in Compton as DHS law enforcement officers were conducting a targeted operation "to arrest a violent criminal illegal alien from El Salvador, William Eduardo Moran Carballo, who is involved in a human smuggling operation and has two prior arrests for inflicting corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant."
"In a dangerous attempt to evade arrest, this criminal illegal alien weaponized his vehicle and rammed law enforcement. Fearing for his life and safety, an agent fired defensive shots," the DHS spokesperson told Fox News Digital in a statement.
BREAKING NOW: Another ICE involved shooting occurred in California.
— DeVory Darkins (@devorydarkins) January 21, 2026
"A DHS task force was conducting an operation in pursuit of a car that ended up crashing. And we can see just moments ago there that what is most likely that car. And when agents approach that car to detain the… pic.twitter.com/2UASjB2Fx6
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The suspect tried to run away but was apprehended. He was not hit by the gunfire, but a Customs and Border Patrol agent was injured.
At 7:05AM PST, DHS law enforcement officers were conducting a targeted operation in Compton, California, to arrest a violent criminal illegal alien from El Salvador, William Eduardo Moran Carballo, who is involved in a human smuggling operation and has two prior arrests for…
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) January 21, 2026
As seems to so often be the case with these stories, he was in the country despite an order for his removal:
DHS also described the situation as "evolving" and said an immigration judge had issued Carballo a final order of removal in 2019.
"These dangerous attempts to evade arrest have surged since sanctuary politicians, including Governor Newsom, have encouraged illegal aliens to evade arrest and provided guides advising illegal aliens how to recognize ICE, block entry, and defy arrest," the DHS spokesperson said. "Our officers are now facing a 3,200% increase in vehicle attacks."
ICE involved in shooting in Los Angeles. pic.twitter.com/O0ABCswzGV
— SaltySailor🇺🇸 (@StoreClerkAndy) January 21, 2026
The dangerous weaponization of vehicles is on the rise, and the more illegal aliens and anti-ICE zealots do it, the more likely we are to have another Renee Good-type incident. This time, at least, it did not end with a death.
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