How many fatal and nonfatal shootings involving ICE or CBP agents were reported in 2010–2016 in open-source news archives and DOJ reports?
Executive summary
The sources supplied do not contain a consolidated, source-verified tally of fatal and nonfatal shootings involving ICE or CBP agents for the period 2010–2016, so a precise count cannot be produced from this reporting alone [1] [2]. Investigative pieces and media compilations cite individual cases from 2016 and later and describe patterns, but none of the provided items presents an authoritative, comprehensive 2010–2016 open‑source + DOJ aggregate [1] [3] [2].
1. What the supplied reporting actually covers — case studies, not a decade tally
The Trace’s deep dive into ICE deadly force focuses on specific 2016 episodes — for example the July 2016 Ramos case and other episodes reconstructed from body-camera footage, ICE incident reports, and DHS inspector general documents — demonstrating the reporting style (case-driven, document-based) available in the sources, but it does not publish a full count for 2010–2016 [1]. Major U.S. outlets compiled lists of incidents in other contexts: NBC published a list of shootings by ICE and Border Patrol during the Trump-era surge in enforcement that highlights multiple incidents but covers different periods and does not serve as a DOJ-style, 2010–2016 aggregate in the supplied material [2]. Nonprofit reporting such as The Guardian and Marshall Project document patterns and episode counts for more recent enforcement waves, again without delivering a complete 2010–2016 sum in the provided excerpts [3] [4].
2. What the DOJ and official channels supplied here do (and don’t) show
Among the items provided, there is no DOJ or DHS inspector-general report excerpt that offers a consolidated count of ICE/CBP officer-involved shootings across 2010–2016; the Trace piece reconstructs individual 2016 encounters from official records but does not present a decade-wide tabulation drawn from DOJ public datasets in these snippets [1]. The absence of a DOJ-sourced cumulative number in the supplied reporting means the question—how many fatal and nonfatal shootings in 2010–2016—cannot be answered definitively from these documents alone; the reporting instead supplies evidentiary narratives and investigative reconstructions for select incidents [1].
3. What can be reliably extracted from the supplied reporting about 2016 and adjacent incidents
The supplied sources document specific ICE‑or‑HSI shootings in 2016 (for instance the Ramos account and a June 2016 Chula Vista killing referenced in the Trace investigation) and later spikes of incidents in 2025–2026 reported by multiple outlets, but those are episodic examples rather than a systematic count for 2010–2016 [1] [5] [3]. Media compilations cited here (NBC, The Trace, The Guardian, Marshall Project) are valuable for identifying cases and trends, but the excerpts provided do not include methodology or access to DOJ use‑of‑force inventories that would be required to compile an authoritative decade-long total [2] [3] [4].
4. Why a precise number requires additional records beyond these sources
A defensible, verifiable count for 2010–2016 would require cross-checking DOJ criminal and civil‑rights investigations, DHS use‑of‑force logs or OIG audits, and systematic media databases (or third‑party aggregators that document methodology), none of which are included in the supplied snippets [1] [2]. The reporting here demonstrates that individual shootings were sometimes reconstructed from internal reports and bodycams (Trace) and that contemporary news lists collate incidents, but it also shows the fragmentation of public records and the need for a purpose-built audit to produce a single, authoritative tally [1] [2] [3].
Conclusion
Based on the supplied reporting, an exact count of fatal and nonfatal shootings involving ICE or CBP agents during 2010–2016 cannot be stated: the sources provide detailed case reporting (notably for 2016 episodes) and media compilations for other periods, but no consolidated open‑source plus DOJ aggregate for 2010–2016 is present among them [1] [2] [3]. To produce a verifiable number would require obtaining DOJ/DHS use‑of‑force logs or OIG audits covering 2010–2016 or a media database with transparent methodology; those records are not included in the supplied sources [1].