{"id":633,"date":"2026-07-18T04:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T04:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=633"},"modified":"2026-07-18T04:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T04:41:10","slug":"geo-group-worker-arrested-in-shooting-of-protester-at-colorado-ice-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=633","title":{"rendered":"GEO Group Worker Arrested in Shooting of Protester at Colorado ICE Facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>By Steve Gorman and Keith Coffman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>DENVER, July 17 (Reuters) &#8211; A man \u2060employed \u2060by a company running a migrant-processing center \u2060for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been arrested on suspicion of shooting \u200band wounding a woman who was protesting outside the facility in Colorado, police said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=632\">Prosecutors File Attempted Aggravated Murder Charges in Stabbing of Muslim Man in Utah<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The shooting occurred on Thursday evening at \u200can ICE Processing Center operated by \u200cGEO Group in the Denver suburb of Aurora, Colorado, police said in a statement released on social media. It \u2060came days after \u2060ICE agents fatally shot two motorists during traffic stops on July 7 in \u200bTexas and July 13 in Maine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Brandon Booth, 42, a GEO Group employee, was arrested on Thursday and booked into jail on suspicion of attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault, attempted first-degree assault, felony menacing and unlawful carrying of a concealed weapon, police said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The victim was \u200btreated at a local hospital for a gunshot wound to her lower body, though her injuries were not \u2060believed \u2060to be life-threatening, authorities said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>ICE, \u2060the Department of \u200bHomeland Security and GEO Group did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Police said Thursday&#8217;s violence erupted during \u200ba demonstration in which protesters had \u2060blocked the entrance to the ICE facility.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>According to police, Booth fired a single shot\u00a0with his personally owned handgun in the direction of two female protesters who had &#8220;initiated a verbal confrontation&#8221; with GEO employees and were taking pictures of their vehicles before they began walking away.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=631\">Soccer-Trump Back in World Cup Spotlight After Starring Role in Tournament\u2019s Controversies<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>After the gunshot struck one of the women, he got back into his vehicle and fled \u2060the area, police said. He was pulled over a short distance from the facility and taken \u2060into custody, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;We remain committed to ensuring an ethical, thorough, objective, and comprehensive review of this case,&#8221; Aurora Police Chief Todd Chamberlain said in a statement. &#8220;Violence of any kind will not be tolerated in Aurora. Constitutional rights are a pivotal part of a just society \u2013 violence is not.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>ICE operations have come under renewed scrutiny in the aftermath of back-to-back fatal shootings by ICE agents conducting vehicle stops in Houston and Biddeford, Maine. In both cases, DHS has acknowledged that the two men killed, one a Mexican citizen, the other a Colombian national, were not the intended targets of the immigration enforcement operations underway \u2060at the time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Many ICE detention and processing centers, some managed by GEO under contract for the agency, have come under fire from migrant advocates and Democratic politicians who say detainees are subjected to unsafe, unsanitary conditions and a lack of adequate medical care.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>GEO is one of the largest private prison operators in \u200bthe United States.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>(Reporting Keith Coffman in Denver; Writing and additional reporting by Steve Gorman in \u200bLos Angeles; Editing by Sergio Non and Muralikumar Anantharaman)<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=629\">How a Dispute Over E-Commerce Firm Coupang Is Testing US-South Korea Ties<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><b>Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters<\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US News is a recognized leader in college, grad school, hospital, mutual fund, and car rankings. 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