An off-duty Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was arrested for allegedly attacking a lady and her father after he was discovered sleeping on their California garden, in keeping with police.
The daddy shot the agent in the course of the altercation, wounding him, police mentioned.
The incident occurred early Friday in Fresno, police mentioned. The girl arrived house to search out the ICE agent sleeping on her entrance garden, in keeping with the Fresno Police Division, which recognized the federal agent as 32-year-old David Gonzalez of Texas.
Authorities reply to a capturing in Fresno, California, Oct. 9, 2026.
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The girl advised her 72-year-old father, with whom she lives, and he “went exterior to ship Gonzalez on his approach,” Fresno police mentioned in an announcement. When Gonzalez wakened, he “appeared intoxicated and agitated” and allegedly assaulted the daddy, police mentioned.
“When the sufferer’s daughter tried to intervene on her father’s behalf, Gonzalez bodily attacked her, at which period she went to the bottom,” police mentioned.
The girl’s father produced a gun and fired one shot at Gonzalez, placing him within the midsection, in keeping with police.
The girl known as her boyfriend, an off-duty police officer, who arrived and positioned Gonzalez in handcuffs, in keeping with Fresno police.
Authorities reply to a capturing in Fresno, California, Oct. 9, 2026.
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Fresno officers who responded to a number of 911 calls reporting the capturing discovered Gonzalez in handcuffs with a gunshot wound, police mentioned.
Gonzalez was transported from the scene by way of an ambulance for remedy. He’s at the moment in custody for felony assault costs, police mentioned.
Fresno police didn’t launch the names of the lady and her father. Their accidents are nonetheless being evaluated, police mentioned.
The 72-year-old man who shot Gonzalez shouldn’t be going through legal costs “based mostly on info established in the course of the investigation,” in keeping with police, who mentioned the daddy “feared for the bodily security of each himself and his daughter.” The person legally possessed the firearm, police added.
Police mentioned they decided Gonzalez to be an off-duty ICE agent. ABC Information has reached out to the Division of Homeland Safety for remark and didn’t instantly obtain a response.
“It’s unknown right now why Gonzalez was within the space on the time of the incident, however it has been confirmed he was off-duty and alone on the time of the incident,” the Fresno Police Division mentioned.
It’s unclear if Gonzalez has an legal professional right now.
Fresno police mentioned the incident stays underneath investigation and that detectives are looking for any further witnesses for video.
