LA TikTok creator streaming ICE raids charged with assault after being shot

Carlitos Ricardo Parias remained hospitalized after he was shot in the elbow by a bullet during arrest

An influential Los Angeles man who livestreams US immigration enforcement operations on social media remained hospitalized on Wednesday after he was shot and arrested by federal agents.

Authorities allege Carlitos Ricardo Parias, a TikTok creator with a large following online, tried to ram federal agents’ vehicles with his vehicle in an attempt to flee after agents surrounded him and boxed in his car. He was shot in the elbow during the incident while a ricochet bullet hit a deputy US marshal in the hand.

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