US EditionCalifornia Shooting Allegedly Involving ICE Under Investigation in Stanislaus County
ICE says agents fired defensive shots after a suspect tried to run over an officer during a targeted arrest operation, and one man was hospitalized.
- On Tuesday, ICE agents shot Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez during a targeted vehicle stop near Interstate 5 in Patterson, California, sending him to a local hospital.
- Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons stated agents were attempting to arrest Mendoza Hernandez, an 18th Street Gang member wanted in El Salvador for questioning in connection to a murder.
- According to Lyons, agents fired defensive shots after Mendoza Hernandez allegedly "weaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run an officer over." The suspect was transported to a hospital.
- The incident forced closure of Interstate 5 on- and off-ramps at Sperry Avenue for the remainder of the day, causing significant traffic delays. The FBI and Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office are investigating.
- This shooting follows similar lethal incidents in January involving ICE officers and American citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti, which drew criticism of federal immigration enforcement tactics.
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ICE Agent Shoots Gang Member After He Tries to Run Them Over
An 18th Street Gang member in the country illegally was shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents Tuesday after he attempted to use his vehicle to run over federal officers during an arrest operation near Interstate 5. ICE Director Todd Lyons identified the suspect as Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez, a gang member wanted for questioning in connection with a murder in El Salvador. Agents stopped Hernandez’s vehicle in Patterson, California…
Wanted illegal alien gang thug tries to run over ICE officer, catches a bullet · American Wire News
A wanted illegal alien gang thug was shot in California after he tried to run over an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer during a targeted vehicle stop. The incident went down early Tuesday morning in Patterson in the vicinity of Interstate 5 and Sperry Avenue, where the federal immigration enforcement agents attempted to arrest Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez, a member of the 18th Street gang who is wanted in El Salvador for questi…
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot a man, who was later taken to the hospital, after conducting a targeted traffic stop in California's Central Valley, the agency said Tuesday. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said in a statement that ICE officers fired in self-defense after the man they stopped tried to push an agent. The shooting occurred near Interstate 5 in Patterson, about 90 miles south of Sacramento, the Telegraph reports. The …
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ICE officers shoot and wound a man during an immigration arrest in California
Federal immigration officers have shot and wounded a man in central California while trying to arrest him. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said the shooting happened Tuesday in Stanislaus County. DHS said officers fired when the suspect tried to…
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