Department of Homeland Security officials faced calls to produce medical records after claiming to multiple media outlets that Jonathan Ross, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot Renee Good, was suffering from internal bleeding.
According to CBS News, DHS officials did not respond to requests for additional information about Ross' condition.
"The most common type of visible internal bleeding is a bruise," the Cleveland Clinic's website advises. "A bruise is skin discoloration from damaged, leaking blood vessels underneath your skin. Even though there's blood pooling underneath your skin, you won't have any external bleeding unless your skin breaks open."
The point was not lost on the internet, where people called out Trump administration officials.
"Internal bleeding could mean a lot of things; could be as simple as a nasty bruise," one doctor noted.
"I stand with ICE and believe Jonathan Ross was justified in what he was doing but I will say internal bleeding to the torso could just be a bruise FROM WHEN SHE HIT HIM WITH HER CAR," Brent Mohrman wrote.
"ICE agent's 'internal bleeding' is Orwell-speak for a bruise," Christina Davidson remarked.
"And yet he was taken to the hospital and released the same day so basically by internal bleeding they are saying that the poor baby got himself a bruise," another commenter asserted.
"I'm an ice supporter. Don't call a bruise internal bleeding though. That's not manly," a conservative user complained.
"I like ICE, but bro barely got tapped and now has a reported bruise. My opinion: he didn't need to shoot her, especially not the two extra through the side window. Nor did shooting her help the situation," another ICE supporter said.
"Sounds almost as awful as being SHOT POINT BLANK IN THE FACE 3 TIMES," a liberal commenter quipped.
"You better have some demonstrative proof that that actually happened, or expect to be viewed as lying," a commenter named Mr. Eddie told ABC News. "Your credibility is at risk."