ICE shooting in Patterson, California, is seventh in US this year
A shooting in California involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement is the seventh involving border enforcement agencies in the United States in 2026.
Stanislaus County sheriff’s officials are investigating the shooting Tuesday near Patterson, which sent one person to a hospital, The Sacramento Bee reported.
ICE said in a statement that a man suspected of murder tried to run over agents with a vehicle. The agents opened fire, injuring the driver.
Patterson, a fast-growing city of about 26,000 people, is on the west side of Stanislaus County in the Northern San Joaquin Valley in California.
The incident is the seventh reported shooting involving ICE or Customs and Border Protection agents in the United States in 2026.
The list does not include incidents in which agents fired shots but no one was hit.
Here are the earlier incidents, as reported by NBC News:
- Jan. 7: An ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- Jan. 8: A Customs and Border Protection agent shot and wounded Luis David Nino Moncada and Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras in Portland, Oregon.
- Jan. 14: An ICE agent shot and injured Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- Jan. 24: A Customs and Border Protection agent fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- Jan. 27: A Customs and Border Protection agent shot and injured Patrick Gary Schlegel in Arivaca, Arizona.
- Feb. 22: A Customs and Border Protection agent shot and injured Blu Zeke Daly in Pittsburg, New Hampshire.
This story was originally published April 7, 2026 at 3:48 PM with the headline "ICE shooting in Patterson, California, is seventh in US this year."