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When the car starts to move forward and turn away from the ICE officials, another officer close to the front of the SUV fires multiple times at close range into the open driver's side window.
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Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
The Honda Pilot begins to pull forward and a different ICE officer standing in front of the vehicle pulls his weapon and immediately fires at least two shots into the vehicle at close range, jumping back as the vehicle moves toward him.
—Tim Sullivan, Twin Cities, 7 Jan. 2026
The ex-boyfriend, whom Smith also called a suspect, fired multiple shots that hit two officers at close range.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
The case involved a 2017 daylight attack where Inman followed, confronted and shot a man in the chest at close range at a shopping center on West Sugar Creek Road, according to a 2019 news release by the Mecklenburg County District Attorney’s Office.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 13 Dec. 2025
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Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
The Honda Pilot begins to pull forward and a different ICE officer standing in front of the vehicle pulls his weapon and immediately fires at least two shots into the vehicle at close range, jumping back as the vehicle moves toward him.
—Tim Sullivan, Twin Cities, 7 Jan. 2026
The ex-boyfriend, whom Smith also called a suspect, fired multiple shots that hit two officers at close range.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
The case involved a 2017 daylight attack where Inman followed, confronted and shot a man in the chest at close range at a shopping center on West Sugar Creek Road, according to a 2019 news release by the Mecklenburg County District Attorney’s Office.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 13 Dec. 2025
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“At close range.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20close%20range. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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