A man who was believed to have been running from a raid by US immigration agents died Thursday after being hit by a car on a freeway, police said. City managers in Monrovia, near Los Angeles, said police had been called after there were reports of activity by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at a Home Depot.

Immigration raids have slowed since a federal judge temporarily barred agents from targeting people solely based on race, language, vocation or location. But some higher-profile sweeps have returned at Home Depot locations,

A man believed to have been fleeing a federal immigration raid at a Home Depot store in Southern California crossed into freeway traffic and was fatally struck by a vehicle on Thursday, according to local authorities.