Thread: Washington state deputy was killed by illegal immigrant, ICE says

Washington state deputy was killed by illegal immigrant, ICE says




Kittitas County Sheriff's Deputy Ryan Thompson was shot and killed Tuesday night. (Kittitas County Sheriff's Office via AP)

A road rage suspect who investigators say shot and killed a Washington state sheriff's deputy and wounded a police officer earlier this week was in the U.S. illegally, federal authorities said Thursday.


In an email to Fox News, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spokeswoman Tanya Roman said 29-year-old Juan Manuel Flores Del Toro, a Mexican citizen, entered the U.S. at Laredo, Texas, in April 2014 on a temporary agricultural worker visa.


Roman said ICE had no record of him leaving the United States or extending his visa after it expired.
Local police said Flores Del Toro lived in Ellensburg, a university city of 20,000 residents 100 miles east of Seattle in agriculturally rich central Washington.


Investigators say Flores Del Toro fatally shot 42-year-old Kittitas County Sheriff's Deputy Ryan Thompson and wounded 22-year-old Kittitas Police Officer Benito Chavez Tuesday night after they attempted to stop his vehicle following a driving complaint. He allegedly emerged from his vehicle and opened fire on the officers after a short pursuit.
The suspect was later shot by officers who returned fire, and was pronounced dead a short time later at Kittitas Valley Hospital.


Ellensburg Police Capt. Dan Hansberry said there were no warrants pending for his arrest, and officers do not know why he fled the attempted stop.


Police in the past "had limited contacts with him," but Hansberry described them as "nothing of real significance" without providing further details.


Thompson was married with three children and is the first law enforcement officer to be shot and killed in Kittitas County since 1927.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/washingto...grant-ice-says

Tragic and sad.

Pelosi, Schumer and the Swamp Rats in D.C. could care less.

All these illegal aliens are a "great significance" in the murder, crime and destruction of this country.

Shut that damn border down.

Mexico is paying for the buses and dumping their poverty, overbreeding, crime and diseases over our border!

Mar. 22, 2019
John Binder

A Washington state sheriff’s deputy Ryan Thompson — father to three children — was killed in the line of duty after an illegal alien sent him and his partner on a police chase before opening fire on them, Kittitas County sheriff officials revealed on Thursday.

Thompson, according to Kittitas County officials, was shot and killed by 29-year-old illegal alien Juan Manuel Flores Del Toro who had been living in the United States illegally since he overstayed his H-2A visa in 2014.

Thompson, a deputy with the department, and 22-year-old officer Benito Chavez were initially called on the evening of March 19 in response to a driver with road rage, police said. When Thompson and Chavez tried to stop the illegal alien driver, he fled into the Kittitas, Washington area.

Del Toro eventually stopped his car at a property in a trailer park before he got out of his vehicle and began shooting at Thompson and Chavez.

Thompson was shot and later died at a nearby hospital. Chavez is suffering from a gunshot wound to his leg that shattered his femur. The illegal alien later died in the hospital.


PRESS RELEASE
3/20/2019

Last night’s officer-involved shooting claimed the life of Kittitas County Sheriff Deputy Ryan Thompson. Kittitas Police Officer Benito Chavez was wounded in the shooting and is currently at Harborview Medical Center....

A procession for Thompson was held at the hospital where he died with fellow deputies and police officers draping the American flag over him. Colleagues and family raised their hands to salute Thompson as he was taken out of the hospital.



A GoFundMe page where readers can donate to the Thompson family has already raised more than $40,000.

“Ryan Thompson was a loving family man, friend, coworker, brother, uncle, son, husband, and servant to his community,” friends wrote on the page in Thompson’s memory. “He gave his life in the line of duty, protecting the community and those he loved. His spirit and love for life were bigger than his size. He was truly a giant among men and will leave a void that will be hard to fill.

“The money raised will go to the family of Ryan Thompson and help them in their time of need,” the page states. “If enough is raised it can be set aside in a fund for his children’s education and this will be a declaration to them about their father; and the man he was.”

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