A man believed to have been fleeing from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid at a Monrovia Home Depot store on Thursday, August 14 ran onto the 210 Freeway and was fatally struck by a vehicle.

According to a statement by Monrovia City Manager Dylan Feik, Monrovia police responded shortly before 10 a.m. to a call about an ICE action at The Home Depot at 1625 Mountain Ave. During that action, a man fled on foot across Evergreen Avenue and onto the 210 Freeway and was struck by a vehicle near Myrtle Avenue, according to Feik and the California Highway Patrol.

CHP officials said the person was taken to a hospital, where he died.

“There is no ongoing ICE activity reported in Monrovia at this time, and the city has not received any communication or information from ICE,” Feik said. “W

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