Off-duty ICE officer shot after assaulting Fresno family on their lawn
An off-duty ICE agent who fell asleep on a Fresno family's front lawn was shot by the homeowner after the agent attacked them.
Around 3:20 a.m., officers discovered David Gonzalez, a 32-year-old off-duty ICE agent from Texas, asleep on a Fresno family's front lawn near East Dudley and North Broadway. A woman returning home alerted her 72-year-old father, who asked the agent to leave; Gonzalez allegedly resisted, forcing the elder man to the ground and later striking the daughter when she intervened. The father responded by firing a legally owned gun, striking Gonzalez in the abdomen.
The woman's boyfriend, an off-duty police officer, arrived and placed handcuffs on the wounded agent. Gonzalez was hospitalized, expected to be booked into Fresno County jail, and charged with felony vandalism and battery. ICE referred inquiries to the Fresno Police Department, which confirmed the homeowner will not face charges for the shooting. Local officials expressed concern over intoxicated federal agents sleeping in residential neighborhoods.
Why it matters
The incident raises questions about off-duty conduct of federal agents and community safety.
How this story developed
- Aug 13 San Antonio immigrants live in constant fear as ICE arrests surge
- Sep 20 A man was wounded after being shot by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in North Austin, Texas, and taken to a local hospital.
- Sep 27 A federal judge scheduled a personal appearance for the man on September 30 and issued a temporary order halting his deportation.
- Sep 29 The U.S. Supreme Court granted the Justice Department’s emergency request, letting the Trump administration continue deporting migrants to third countries while the policy’s legality is examined.
- Sep 30 Supreme Court issued an emergency order allowing third‑country deportations to continue.
- Sep 30 An immigration judge ruled that Salah Sarsour, head of Wisconsin’s largest mosque, can be deported on national-security grounds despite his claim that the case targets his Palestinian-rights advocacy.
- Sep 30 The Justice Department lodged complaints with the 8th Circuit alleging that Minnesota federal judges made partisan statements about a Trump-era deportation surge.
- Oct 1 A federal indictment charging Garces Perez with assault was filed.
- Oct 3 The filing requests that the judges be barred from hearing Department of Homeland Security cases.
- Oct 3 A Chicago immigration judge allowed a possible deportation of Salah Sarsour.
- Oct 8 A person was shot by federal agents in Marble Hill, Bronx, and is now receiving treatment at a nearby hospital.
- Oct 9 ICE announced it will continue enforcement actions in New York City despite the shooting.
- Oct 10 Protests spread to Manhattan and lower Manhattan, drawing thousands of demonstrators.
- Oct 10 An off‑duty ICE agent was shot after allegedly assaulting a homeowner and his father in Fresno.
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