Overview
- The ICE-led stop in Patterson, which unfolded Tuesday near Interstate 5, left Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez hospitalized after agents opened fire.
- ICE says Hernandez tried to run over an officer by “weaponizing” his car, and the agency says officers fired defensive shots to protect themselves and bystanders.
- Dashcam video obtained by news outlets shows agents surrounding a black vehicle that reverses into another car and then drives across the lane divider, but the mute footage does not show when shots were fired.
- The FBI is leading the investigation with help from the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office, which confirmed no local officers were involved and announced ramp closures around I‑5 and Sperry Avenue for much of the day.
- Hernandez’s family and their attorney dispute ICE’s claim that he is an 18th Street gang member and say he is stable, as national scrutiny of DHS accounts has intensified after earlier high-profile federal shootings.