{"id":495813,"date":"2026-10-14T12:52:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T12:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/495813\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T12:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T12:52:14","slug":"off-duty-ice-agent-in-fresno-charged-with-assaulting-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/495813\/","title":{"rendered":"Off-duty ICE agent in Fresno charged with assaulting two"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Gonzalez III, the off-duty ICE agent<\/a> accused of assaulting a 72-year-old homeowner and his daughter before the homeowner then shot him in the midsection, was formally charged Tuesday with assault and other crimes.<\/p>\n

The Fresno County District Attorney\u2019s Office also charged the agent \u2014 identified as a resident of McAllen, Texas \u2014 with battery, elder abuse and vandalism resulting in more than $400 of damages.<\/p>\n

The incident unfolded early Friday near Dudley Avenue and Broadway Street.<\/p>\n

A woman arrived home shortly after 3 a.m. and found Gonzalez passed out on the front lawn. She notified her 72-year-old father, the homeowner, who went to wake the man and ask him to move, according to police.<\/p>\n

In response, police say Gonzalez attacked the homeowner and his daughter intervened. The homeowner, fearing for their safety, then shot Gonzalez once, according to police. He was not charged with anything because the shooting was considered self-defense, police said.<\/p>\n

Fresno and surrounding cities in the Central Valley have been the scene of increased ICE activity since last week, resulting in multiple arrests of immigrants, often scooped up on their way to work as day laborers. The arrests were still happening on Tuesday and expected to last for several more weeks.<\/p>\n

According to the criminal complaint, the vandalism charge is in relation to damages caused to a vehicle belonging to Frederick Lisitsa \u2014 a neighbor<\/a> who spoke out on social media after the incident.<\/p>\n

On social media, Lisitsa offered more details, including that Gonzalez was allegedly \u201cbelligerently drunk\u201d and was wearing a wristband from a nearby nightlife establishment.<\/p>\n

If convicted, Gonzalez faces a sentence of up to 4 years and 8 months.<\/p>\n

The DA\u2019s Office said Gonzalez is still in the hospital as of Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published October 13, 2026 at 5:16 PM.<\/p>\n


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Nick Fenley<\/a><\/p>\n

The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n

Nick Fenley is a reporter covering education, lawsuits, breaking news and more for The Fresno Bee. He\u2019s originally from the Imperial Valley and joined The Bee in 2025.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Gonzalez III, the off-duty ICE agent accused of assaulting a 72-year-old homeowner and his daughter before the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":495814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-495813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}