Crime · Fresno, CA
David Gonzalez III, a 32-year-old U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent from McAllen, Texas, was arrested early Friday morning in Fresno after allegedly assaulting a 72-year-old homeowner and his daughter on the man's front lawn. The homeowner, fearing for his safety, shot Gonzalez once in the midsection with a legally possessed firearm; an off-duty police officer present handcuffed Gonzalez before Fresno Police arrived. The Fresno County District Attorney charged Gonzalez with assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury, elder abuse, vandalism, and battery, carrying up to 4 years and 8 months if convicted, with bail set at $52,000. Gonzalez had joined ICE in December 2025 after roughly eight years with the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office in Texas. His arraignment was scheduled Wednesday morning at Fresno County Superior Court.
Crime · Fresno, CA
Fresno police arrested Rufus Levels, 50, on Monday around 10:30 p.m. near Olive and Peach avenues on suspicion of murder, attempted murder, and robbery connected to a Sunday shooting. Officers responded to a residence near Fordham and Dayton avenues at approximately 2:15 p.m. Sunday, where they found Mark Harrison, 54, dead from a gunshot wound and a 61-year-old woman shot in the chest who was hospitalized in stable condition. Levels is being held on $1,525,000 bail at Fresno County Jail.
Crime · Fresno, CA
ICE agent David Gonzalez III, 32, pleaded not guilty Wednesday morning in Fresno County Superior Court to charges stemming from an alleged Oct. 9 off-duty assault on a homeowner and his daughter near Dudley Avenue and Broadway Street in the Tower District. Police say Gonzalez was found unconscious on the homeowner's lawn; after being woken, he allegedly attacked the 72-year-old man and pushed the man's intervening daughter to the ground before the homeowner shot him once. Gonzalez faces three felonies—aggravated assault, vandalism, and elder abuse—and a misdemeanor battery charge, carrying up to four years and eight months in custody if convicted. Judge Robert Mangano set bail at $37,000 and scheduled a pre-preliminary hearing for Oct. 20.
