LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- An investigation is ongoing after a man who federal agents were trying to apprehend was shot during an immigration operation in South Los Angeles on Tuesday morning. A deputy U.S. marshal was also injured by a ricochet bullet.

The shooting happened in the 400 block of East 20th Street near Trinity Street around 8:52 a.m. Federal officials said it began as a targeted enforcement traffic stop on an undocumented immigrant who had previously avoided capture.

A view from AIR7 over the scene showed a dark-colored sedan boxed in by several other vehicles.

Witnesses told Eyewitness News the man involved is a well-known TikToker who regularly follows ICE. He goes by Richard LA online.

Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli identified the man as 44-year-old Carlitos Ricardo Par

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