A California father shot an off-duty Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who allegedly assaulted him and his daughter after being found asleep on their front lawn early Friday.
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David Gonzalez, 32, a federal agent from Texas assigned to ICE, was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to his stomach and remains in custody on felony assault charges, according to a Fresno Police Department news release.
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The incident happened shortly before 3:30 a.m. Friday at a home in central Fresno, near East Dudley Avenue and North Broadway Street.
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The man's daughter arrived home and found Gonzalez asleep on the front lawn of the home they share, according to police.
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She alerted her 72-year-old father, who went outside to wake the agent and tell him to leave.
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Gonzalez appeared intoxicated and agitated when he woke up, police said.
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He allegedly assaulted the older man, leaving him with visible injuries.
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The man's daughter tried to intervene to protect her father but was also allegedly attacked and knocked to the ground, according to authorities.
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Fearing for their safety, the father fired a single shot at Gonzalez with a legally owned firearm, police said.
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The woman's boyfriend, an off-duty police officer, arrived and handcuffed Gonzalez before Fresno officers responded to several 911 calls reporting a gunshot.
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Gonzalez was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, where he was listed in serious condition.
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The father who fired the shot is not facing criminal charges, police said.
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Investigators cited evidence gathered at the scene, including his account that he feared for his and his daughter's safety.
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Gonzalez faces charges including battery likely to cause great bodily injury, felony vandalism and battery.
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The incident came a day after ICE agents shot a man in his car in New York City with his 5-year-old son sitting in the backseat, sparking waves of protests and prompting Mayor Zohran Mamdani to demand that President Donald Trump remove the agents from his city.
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The shooting occurred at around 4 p.m. ET on Thursday in the Marble Hill neighborhood of the Bronx, the New York City Police Department wrote on X.
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The NYPD said it was not involved in the shooting.
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A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson confirmed to The Independent that ICE officers were conducting an operation at the time “to arrest a criminal illegal alien from the Dominican Republic with a prior criminal conviction for grand larceny, and multiple prior arrests for assault, robbery, possession of drugs, and weapons possession.”
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In the unrelated California incident, Gonzalez was off duty and alone at the time he was discovered on the lawn.
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It has not been publicly revealed why he was in the neighborhood or why he was sleeping on the family's lawn.
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ICE officials have been in contact with the Fresno Police Department to initiate their personnel investigation,” Fresno PD said.
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Fresno City Councilmember Mike Karbassi condemned the violence and called on federal authorities to suspend ICE operations in the region.
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We've endured days of fear-stricken enforcement that has now tilted into full-bore violence.
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I am calling on ICE to suspend its ongoing operations in the Central Valley,” he said, in part, in a statement.
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The Fresno PD is continuing the investigation.
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Any potential witnesses who could share information or video footage that could help establish what happened are asked to contact the department at 559-621-7000 or Crime Stoppers at 498-STOP.
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The Independent has contacted ICE for comment.
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