ROXBURY - Thomas H. Kean Jr. is not known for verbalizing.

He does not hold "town hall" meetings, nor normally publicize events in advance.

But there are exceptions.

The CD-7 congressman was quick to respond to a Tuesday shooting in this town involving an ICE agent.

Here's what he said on social media:

"Safety of the public is law enforcement's top priority and law enforcement officers acted appropriately to safely bring a dangerous criminal off our streets and into custody.

It has been verified that law enforcement was conducting a targeted arrest of Jesus Fabian Lopez-Banegas, a criminal illegal alien from Honduras whose record includes charges for drug trafficking, drug possession and driving under the influence. A judge issued an order for his removal five years ago.

In an attempt to evade arrest, the suspect rammed his vehicle into law enforcement and weaponized it in an attempt to run an officer over. The officer took defensive measures to stop the threat.

Thankfully, no one was injured. Officers then arrested Lopez-Banegas and took him into ICE custody."

After the incident on Landing Road, the Department of Homeland Security said shots were fired at the tires of the suspect's vehicle (just like you see on TV) to keep him from fleeing.

Location may be everything, but in this case the incident occurred in the very worst spot for township officials.

The all-Republican Roxbury council already is coping with reports the feds may want to convert an old warehouse on Route 46 into an ICE detention center.

So the last thing officials needed was an ICE shooting in town.

Compounding things even further, the shooting occurred on the day of a scheduled council meeting.

That brought an overflow crowd to Tuesday night's meeting.

Deputy Mayor Mark Crowley, who presided, made two immediate points.

One was that the ICE capture of the suspect began in another town and just happened to wind up in Roxbury.

The other was that township officials met with the owner of the warehouse in question and reiterated their opposition to an ICE facility. He said there is no contract between ICE and the owner, and not even a formal proposal.

Anthony M. Bucco, the town attorney, and also Senate Minority Leader, said the township already has ordinances that would ban such a thing anywhere in town.

He also stated the problem - a municipal ordinance is not going to stop the feds from doing what they want.

Still, just about all the speakers said they wanted the township to do more to stop ICE from coming to town.

One speaker said council members were burying their heads in the sand. Another said the inaction was "appalling."

Near the end of the public session, a speaker said the council has the "power and influence to stop this."

Council members probably wish that they did.