Thread: Three ICE agents injured in Petaluma CA during raid this am

Posted: 7:16 a.m. Thursday, May 3, 2012

Three immigration agents injured during Petaluma raid

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KTVU And Wires
PETALUMA, Calif. —
Three Homeland Security Agents were taken to the hospital Thursday and a suspect in custody after an early morning raid in Petaluma, authorities said.

The agents were with ICE's Homeland Security Investigations and were serving a ‘high-risk search warrant” relating to an ongoing gang investigation.

The special agents were transported to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, agency spokeswoman Virginia Kice said. One suspect was taken into custody during the raid.

Neighbors told KTVU they heard several gunshots being fired during the raid. At least one of the injured agents had been wounded in the arm.

The warrants were served in the area of South McDowell Boulevard and McNeil Drive at around 4:30 a.m., a manager of the nearby Best Western Inn said.

Guests at the Best Western Inn had been told to stay in their rooms but shortly after 6 a.m. were given the all clear to leave, the manager said.

He said that gunshots could be heard from the hotel, and that several people were taken in ambulances, and another was airlifted from the area.

The agents appeared to be serving the search warrant at a home behind the hotel, the manager said.


source: http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/crime-...aluma-r/nNQSb/