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Pinal County deputies involved in shootout with criminal alien

ARIZONA CITY, Ariz (KGUN9-TV) - Deputies with the Pinal County Sheriff's Office exchanged gunfire with a non U.S. citizen with a criminal history in Arizona City Monday evening.

Tim Gaffney with the Sheriff's Office said that after 6:30 p.m. 9-1-1 received a call from children stating that their father, Jose Sandoval and another man were trying to get inside. Sandoval according to authorities no longer lived at the residence in the 10000 block of West Catalina in Arizona City.

As deputies arrived and located Sandoval he began shooting prompting deputies to return fire. Authorities did not know if Sandoval was hit but he is believed to have fled the scene to the south.

Officers from DPS, U.S. Border Patrol, and the Pinal County Regional SWAT Team searched for several hours but did not locate Sandoval.

Jose Manuel Gonzalez-Sandoval is described as a Hispanic male, 5'7" tall, 140 pounds, checkered button up shirt, jeans and a white baseball hat. Jose is armed with a handgun and should be considered armed and dangerous.

Sandoval has an extensive criminal history under seven aliases. On July 14th officers with DPS booked Jose Sandoval into the Pinal County Adult Detention Facility for an outstanding warrant.

Sandoval was turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers for deportation but instead of deporting him they released him from custody as he is a permanent legal resident. We contacted ICE and Vincent Picard with the agency says that they initiated a revocation of his permanent residency. In March of 2010 an immigration judge ruled in favor of Sandoval and canceled the removal proceedings.

Most recently on July 17th, Pinal County deputies tried to contact Sandoval at the same address regarding an order of protection. Deputies located his vehicle and while attempting to contact him he fled from authorities. During the chase Sandoval reached speeds of over 100 mph but the chase was terminated because of his blatant disregard for public safety.

Sheriff Paul Babeu said in a statement, "This foreign born criminal was in a gun fight with two of my Deputies and previously fled from us at speeds over 100mph. This dangerous criminal has an extensive rap sheet and should have been deported. Why are we allowing these violent non-citizen criminals sanctuary in America?"

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