Man, charged with assault, tells judge what he said to California ICE officers before being shot

"An officer was speaking to the three occupants of the Honda on the car's driver's side when Jimenez pulled up in his Lexus RX350, also on the driver's side where the officer was, the complaint states. That's when Jimenez engaged in a verbal altercation with the officers at the vehicle stop, and another officer approached with his firearm and told Jimenez to leave, before holstering his firearm and taking out his pepper spray, according to the complaint."

"Jimenez initially pulled his car forward and left, away from the Honda and officers, but then stopped and turned the car's wheels and rapidly accelerated back towards the officers and the stopped Honda, court papers say. The officer who had been talking to the Honda's occupants said he feared that Jimenez's car would hit him and the Honda. As Jimenez accelerated backwards, an officer fired a shot that hit Jimenez in the shoulder, the complaint states."

"An Ontario man who was shot by an immigration officer on Thursday was charged Friday with assault on a federal officer. The criminal complaint filed in federal court in Riverside and some statements made by Carlos Jimenez, the defendant, at his initial court appearance on Friday also provided new details about what may have led to the shooting. On Oct. 30, federal officers said Jimenez had backed up his SUV at them before the officer shot him."

On Oct. 30, a federal team on a planned immigration operation in Ontario stopped a Honda Accord. An officer was speaking to the Honda's three occupants when Carlos Jimenez arrived in a Lexus RX350 and engaged in a verbal altercation. One officer approached with a firearm, holstered it, and produced pepper spray. Jimenez initially drove away but then stopped, turned his wheels, and rapidly reversed toward the officers. An officer said he feared being struck, and as Jimenez reversed an officer fired, wounding him in the shoulder. Jimenez drove from the scene, checked into a hospital, and was charged with assault on a federal officer.

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