US citizen detained after federal agents show up at Ontario Stater Bros. store

ONTARIO, Calif. (KABC) -- A U.S. citizen was detained after federal agents showed up at a Stater Bros. Markets store in Ontario Monday morning.

Video shows some agents go inside the store after customers began to shout at them to leave.

The Ontario Police Department said its officers responded around 9:45 a.m. to a report of a possible assault of a federal law enforcement officer in the 500 block of West Holt Boulevard.

"Upon arrival, officers confirmed that the individuals involved were federal agents acting in an official capacity as they attempted to apprehend a wanted individual," the police department said in a social media post. "This represented the entirety of our department's role in the situation."

Nearby doorbell video shows Angel Pina running away, approaching a passing SUV looking for help, but the agents wound up violently taking him into custody.

"They were shoving my head against the ground, elbowed me and they used, forcefully, a baton to really pierce my side," Pina told Eyewitness News.

Pina says he tried explaining to the agents that he is American, but they ignored him.

"I told them where I was born, I had an ID, I had a social, I had a birth certificate," he said. "None of the ICE agents that were on scene, they didn't' care about none of that."

He was released when a supervisor showed up.

Pina's family said he's in the hospital after he passed out twice and couldn't stop vomiting. They believe he was given a concussion by the agents as they placed him under arrest.

Earlier this month, a federal judge in Los Angeles ordered the Trump administration to stop ICE agents from targeting people based on their skin color, accent or job.

The Trump administration said they were appealing the decision. Last week, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem denied immigration agents are racially profiling people.