Man killed after fleeing ICE stop on I-264 in Norfolk

A 24-year-old Honduran man was struck and killed Thursday morning on a Norfolk highway after running from Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers who had stopped his vehicle, authorities said. The crash occurred on Interstate 264 eastbound at the Military Highway interchange at about 11 a.m., and the man, identified by officials as Jose Castro-Rivera, was pronounced dead at the scene, Virginia State Police said.

Federal officials said the vehicle stop was part of a targeted, intelligence-based immigration enforcement operation. Department of Homeland Security officials said ICE officers determined the occupants were in the United States without legal permission and began detaining them. One occupant resisted, fled the stopped vehicle on foot and attempted to cross the interstate, creating what DHS described as a significant safety risk. A passing 2002 Ford pickup struck the man, DHS said. An ICE officer performed CPR at the scene but the man died, agency officials said. ICE detained three other occupants of the vehicle.

Virginia State Police said troopers responded to a report of a vehicle-pedestrian crash and are investigating the collision. State police said they were not...