Off-duty ICE officer shot after assaulting elderly man and daughter in Fresno
Police say a 32-year-old ICE agent was shot by a 72-year-old homeowner after assaulting the man and his daughter in central Fresno; the agent is now in custody and the shooter faces no charges.
Police in Fresno say a 32-year-old Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent was shot by a 72-year-old homeowner after the agent assaulted the man and his daughter at a residence on Dudley and Broadway before 3:30 a.m. Friday. According to authorities, a woman found the agent sleeping on her front lawn and asked her father to tell him to leave. When the agent awoke, officers say he appeared intoxicated and attacked the elderly man, after which his daughter tried to intervene and was also assaulted. The homeowner then drew a firearm and shot the agent. An off-duty police officer, who is the woman's boyfriend, arrived at the scene and placed the agent in handcuffs. The agent was taken to a local hospital in serious condition and is being held on a felony assault charge. The homeowner who fired the gun will not be charged. Investigators are still determining why the ICE agent was in the neighborhood.
"Enough is enough. We've endured days of fear-stricken enforcement that has now tilted into full-bore violence. I am calling on ICE to suspend its ongoing operations in the Central Valley," said Fresno City Councilmember Mike Karbassi.