ICE officer shoots illegal immigrant during Phoenix traffic stop gone wrong, both hospitalized
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A man from Honduras was wounded Wednesday morning after a shooting during a traffic stop involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) near Phoenix, Arizona.
The shooting happened at 4 a.m. Wednesday after ICE officers pulled over Jose Garcia-Sorto along Interstate 17 in north Phoenix.
Garcia-Sorto, the driver, initially stopped but started to pull away as the officers walked up to his vehicle, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told Fox News Digital.
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