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LOS ANGELES \u2014<\/p>\nLOS ANGELES \u2014<\/p>\n
A former Long Beach city employee was injured during an incident involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Saturday, according to federal and local officials.<\/p>\n
Ricardo Gonzalez was found by Long Beach police after he and other community members called 911 to report concerns about unmarked vehicles, Long Beach Mayor<\/a> Rex Richardson told CNN on Sunday.<\/p>\n ICE personnel had requested emergency assistance from the Long Beach Police Department in response to vehicle vandalism and a person in need of medical aid, Long Beach police said in a statement<\/a> Saturday.<\/p>\n When local officers arrived, they found a man handcuffed and bleeding while being detained by ICE, police said, adding a \u201clarge group disturbance\u201d involving the agents was taking place.<\/p>\n \u201c(Gonzalez) called 911 when he saw a circumstance escalating, and so he called and asked for assistance,\u201d Richardson said. \u201cWhen the police arrived, we know that he was detained. He was on a curb. He was injured.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s not yet known what led up to the circumstances or what occurred before Gonzalez was detained.<\/p>\n A GoFundMe <\/a>created by Gonzalez\u2019s daughter, Leslie Gonzalez, said he was struck by an unmarked vehicle believed to be driven by federal agents while riding an e-bike.<\/p>\n CNN has reached out to the Department of Homeland Security, the city of Long Beach and Long Beach police for more information.<\/p>\n Videos shared by a witness, Sherman Austin, showed Gonzalez handcuffed and lying on the ground while being held down by an agent wearing a \u201cPolice ICE\u201d vest. In one video, the man can be heard yelling repeatedly, \u201cHelp me, my arm is broken\u201d and \u201ccall a paramedic.\u201d<\/p>\n After Gonzalez was struck by the unmarked vehicle, federal agents stepped out, \u201ctasered him, broke his arm and pinned him to the ground,\u201d Austin told CNN. He began recording the video as more agents arrived and restrained Gonzalez as he screamed in pain and pleaded for help.<\/p>\n Long Beach police officers took Gonzalez to a nearby fire station, where his handcuffs were removed, police said. Fire department personnel then took him to a hospital for medical attention. Richardson declined to comment on Gonzalez\u2019s current condition, citing his privacy.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, officers remained at the scene in an attempt to de-escalate the situation, police said. When Long Beach police left the scene, some ICE agents followed officers to the station\u2019s parking lot, where the federal agents were asked to leave and told they could contact the department to file a vandalism report.<\/p>\n Incident leaves more questions than answers, mayor says<\/p>\n Gonzalez is receiving treatment for his injuries, his daughter said. She created the GoFundMe<\/a> to pay his medical bills.<\/p>\n \u201cMy Dad is one of the hardest working men out there,\u201d she wrote on the GoFundMe. \u201cBecause of him I have a roof over my head and I have all the opportunities around me. Our family is everything because of him.\u201d<\/p>\n Richardson, who said he was \u201coutraged\u201d over the incident, spoke with Gonzalez, who told him he is a U.S. citizen, and his family following the incident. CNN is working to verify Gonzalez\u2019s citizenship status.<\/p>\n The incident is among several involving ICE agents that have left people injured, including US citizens<\/a>, against the backdrop of the Trump administration\u2019s sweeping immigration crackdown.<\/p>\n Earlier this month, a man in Texas was hospitalized with both of his legs broken<\/a> after he was struck by an ICE vehicle near Houston. Days before, federal immigration agents in New York City shot and injured a driver while his 5-year-old child was in the back seat<\/a> during a targeted enforcement operation.<\/p>\n In September, an ICE agent shot a Venezuelan man in the back in Austin, Texas, while he was delivering orders for DoorDash<\/a>.<\/p>\n