ICE agents shoot and wound man during arrest attempt in central California

An ICE team carries out a raid. PIC/GETTY IMAGES

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents shot and wounded a man in central California while trying to arrest him on Tuesday. Agents fired defensive shots at the suspect after he tried to run over one of the agents with his car.

Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez, is wanted in El Salvador for questioning in connection to a murder. Attorney Patrick Kolasinski, who is representing Mendoza and his family, disputed that account and said authorities may have mistaken him for someone else with a similar name.

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