A US Marshal and an illegal immigrant were shot Tuesday in Los Angeles when federal officers opened fire as the migrant “weaponized his vehicle” and tried to flee a traffic stop, officials said.

Carlitos Ricardo Parias — the 44-year-old suspect who had reportedly escaped from custody on a previous occasion — allegedly rammed his Toyota Camry into federal vehicles, prompting agents to surround and box in the immigrant’s car, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to The Post.

“ICE law enforcement officers, assisted by U.S. Marshals, pulled the illegal alien over in a standard law enforcement procedure,” McLaughlin said.

“The illegal alien weaponized his vehicle and began ramming the law enforcement vehicle in an attempt to flee. Fearing for the safety of the public and law enforcement, our officers followed their training and fired defensive shots,” she said.

In the chaos, Parias allegedly spun in a way that could kick up smoke and debris at the federal agents, Acting US Attorney Bill Essayli wrote on X. 

Agents at the scene started to “worry for their safety” once the Camry started to “fishtail” and moved to subdue Parias by smashing in the driver’s side window. 

Still, Parias pressed on until an agent opened fire, Essayli said.

The illegal immigrant was shot in the elbow and the US Marshal was struck in the hand by a ricochet bullet, according to McLaughlin. 

Both were rushed to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to Fox News.

Essayli, who serves the Central District of California, accused Parias of “[escalating] what could have been a simple arrest into a life-threatening situation.” 

“Vehicles are deadly weapons. Anyone who uses them against federal agents risks arrest, imprisonment, and life-threatening injuries. We will continue to use every tool in our legal arsenal to protect our agents and enforce immigration laws passed by Congress,” Essayli wrote on X.

Parias was charged with assault on a federal officer and could face eight years to life if convicted, Essayli said.

McLaughlin, in her statement, accused lefty politicians like California Gov. Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass of triggering similar anti-ICE violence through incendiary rhetoric. 

“These are the consequences of conduct and rhetoric by sanctuary politicians and activists who urge illegal aliens to resist arrest. Resisting arrest puts the safety of illegal aliens, law enforcement, and the public at risk,” McLaughlin fumed. 

McLaughlin also lambasted the disturbing uptick in attacks on federal immigration agents. 

“Our law enforcement officers are facing a more than 1000% increase in assaults against them including vehicle rammings by illegal aliens,” she said. 

“We are once again calling on sanctuary politicians, agitators, and the media to turn the temperature down and stop calling for violence and resistance against ICE law enforcement,” she said.

The shooting took place during an immigration operation involving a known gang member on East 20th Street, just south of Downtown LA, shortly before 9 a.m. local time, a DHS source told the Los Angeles Times.

McLaughlin pointed to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hosting a webinar including tips on how to defy ICE raids in February, as well as Gov. Newsom and Mayor Bass releasing guides and sanctuary laws providing advice to illegal aliens.

The LAPD did not respond immediately to requests for comment.

Tuesday’s attack is the latest on ICE buildings and agents.

Last month, on Sept. 24, gunman Joshua Jahn, 29, fired a rifle indiscriminately into a Dallas ICE facility, striking three detainees and killing one before turning the gun on himself.

On Sept. 19, anti-ICE rioters blocked the entrance to a processing center in the Chicago suburb of Broadview, Illinois, where tear gas and non-lethal munitions were deployed and 16 arrests made.

And in June, there was another week of rioting outside an ICE facility in Portland, Oregon, with agitators using lasers, fireworks, smoke grenades and rocks to storm the center.