Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez, 36, was shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Patterson on Tuesday morning.
In the days since the shooting, a vast amount of information has been cast across multiple platforms as everyone from law enforcement and elected officials to community members and organizations tries to piece together what happened and why. Here’s what we do and don’t know, as of Friday.
The shooting
Mendoza Hernandez left his home in Patterson at about 6:15 a.m. to go to work in the San Francisco Bay Area, according to his fiancée and his attorney. Shortly after he left, ICE officers pulled him over on a bridge that leads to the Sperry Avenue entrance of Interstate 5.
What isn’t certain is how long Mendoza Hernandez was pulled over before the shooting, or what happened during that period. Shots were fired at about 6:30 a.m., according to the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office…