A Saturday morning confrontation between federal immigration agents and a local family in San Bernardino escalated into gunfire and a seven-hour standoff before ending without arrests, according to both advocates and police.

The incident began at about 8:40 a.m. on Aug. 16, when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents stopped a man near 1030 N. Mountain View Avenue, according to the Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice. The advocacy group said the agents, who did not present a warrant, fired three times at the man’s vehicle before he returned home with his family and called 911.

San Bernardino police confirmed in a statement that officers were dispatched at 8:51 a.m. following reports of shots fired near Acacia Avenue and Baseline Street. When officers arrived, they encountered fede

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