Carlos Iván Mendoza Hernández told his attorney that he only attempted to leave the scene after authorities had fired on his vehicle, refuting the agency’s account.

Kolasinski, however, said, “It’s not that his movement of the vehicle triggered the shooting but quite the other way around,” adding that Hernández “fled in a panic because he was fired on.”

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After the shooting, federal immigration agents cut all of Hernández’s clothes off, took pictures of him, then left him handcuffed sitting naked on the side of the road without providing medical care, according to Kolasinski.

At least one eyewitness has come forward to support Hernández’s claim about how the incident first unfolded.