Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers shot a man in Patterson on Tuesday morning, describing him as a wanted gang member who tried to run over an officer during a traffic stop. The subject was taken to a Modesto hospital, and as of early afternoon there was no information on his condition.
A statement from ICE identified Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez as “an 18th Street Gang member wanted in El Salvador for questioning in connection to a murder.” The 18th Street Gang is Los Angeles’ largest street gang, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Patrick Kolasinski, a Modesto-based immigration attorney representing Hernandez’s family, said that the man is in stable condition at Doctors Medical Center and that the family denies all allegations that Hernandez was affiliated with gangs…