Overview
- Federal officials say a driver tried to evade an ICE stop in Avondale, rammed an ICE vehicle outside his home, and set off an hours-long standoff involving HSI, ERO and FBI personnel.
- Two ICE agents were taken to a hospital and later released, and the FBI Phoenix Field Office opened an assault-on-a-federal-officer case.
- Family members dispute the account and shared Ring video showing a black sedan turning toward the driver’s white truck at impact, asserting agents struck his vehicle.
- William Hernandez and at least one relative surrendered and were detained; authorities have not announced final charges for Hernandez or resolved the conflicting collision claims.
- A federal criminal complaint was filed Oct. 24 against the uncle, identified in court records as previously removed to Honduras in 2019, as local data show stepped-up targeted ICE arrests across Phoenix this year.