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ICE agent on leave after hitting Houston man with vehicle; family says the target died in 2017

Harris County's DA says the case could reach a grand jury as soon as next week.

An ICE agent who drove into Miguel Parra Hernández in Houston on Oct. 10 has been placed on administrative leave, NBC News reports. Harris County DA Sean Teare has interviewed a handcuffed man who was in the ICE vehicle and "had a front row seat"; that witness is now held at ICE's Port Isabel facility.

Key facts:

  • Oct. 10: an ICE agent drove into Miguel Parra Hernández in Houston during a pursuit.
  • Parra's daughter says the man in the bulletin agents were working from died in 2017. That is her account; no record of the death is cited.