MODESTO, Calif. (AP) — An attorney for a man shot by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during an arrest in central California said Wednesday that his client did not try to run over officers with his car and disputed claims that he has a warrant out for his arrest in El Salvador. The Department of Homeland Security said ICE agents fired defensive shots at Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez after he tried to drive into them on Tuesday. DHS said they were conducting an enforcement stop targeting Mendoza, 36, in Patterson, a city about 75 miles southeast of San Francisco. Officials described him as a suspected gang member wanted in El Salvador for questioning in connection to a murder. Attorney Patrick Kolasinski, who is representing Mendoza and his family, said during a news conference that his client has been stopped for minor traffic infractions but has no criminal record in the U.S. and is not the subject of an arrest warrant in El Salvador, where he was acquitted of murder. Kolasinski said he has found no evidence his client was part of any street gang but he added he has not had the chance to talk to him to confirm that. If he was released after being acquitted, with no other holds on him, he cannot have a warrant, Kolasinski stated. So that information must be either erroneous or completely made up. And only DHS knows what they’re looking at. According to a court document from a judge in El Salvador, Mendoza, who was 29 at the time, was acquitted after being accused of murder and ordered immediately released. Mendoza’s fiancée, Cindy, stated he was recently stopped for a cracked windshield. Dashcam footage from the incident shows a tense situation with officers and Mendoza’s vehicle. Kolasinski noted that Mendoza, a laborer, has a 2-year-old daughter and is engaged to a U.S. citizen. The investigation is currently being led by the FBI.