A popular Los Angeles restaurateur is facing deportation after his arrest by immigration agents. His family said he was arrested after a former employee told authorities about a gun he kept in his restaurant.Chef Carlos Llull, owner of La Granja Rotisserie and Fuego Rotisserie in South Los Angeles, was taken into custody by ICE agents last week while gathering supplies for a catering event.The video shows masked federal agents surrounding Lull and dragging him from a vehicle to the side of the road. His business partner and girlfriend Jenna Lawrence said the encounter quickly turned chaotic.“They pulled her out of the car. They threw her on the floor. They pulled me back and pulled out their guns and then they took her away,” he told ABC7.Lawrence described the arrests as “sad and disgraceful”, adding: “It’s heartbreaking. Every single person who has had a family member or a loved one taken away from them by ICE – it’s so sad and disgraceful.”According to Lawrence, the investigation began when a former employee contacted authorities and claimed there was a firearm inside the restaurant. The alleged weapon allegedly violated the parole conditions of Lull, who has a criminal record.Lawrence defended the decision to keep the gun, saying that the restaurant has faced repeated crime in the neighborhood, and it was for self-defense.“We’re in a tough neighborhood. We’ve been robbed. We constantly have people breaking windows and jumping over fences,” he said.Lull is originally from Guatemala and has a criminal record in Connecticut dating back nearly three decades. In 1997, he was convicted of third-degree assault, a class A misdemeanor. A year later, he was convicted of second-degree assault, a felony. Records also show multiple DUI and failure-to-appear offenses.It is unclear whether Lull was living in the United States legally at the time of his arrest.For many Hyde Park residents, Lull was a mentor to young chefs in South Los Angeles. His restaurant had built a loyal following in the community.Lawrence said his detention has put his business and family in jeopardy because he could soon be deported.“To think that he wouldn’t be here caring for all the things he dreamed of building in this country is devastating,” he said.He said Lull’s children live in the US and claimed they were taken without access to basic goods or work equipment.“She’s in this country. Her kids are here. It’s too much and it’s overwhelming … and she doesn’t have her own clothes, no cell phone, no computer — and we have our own business. We’re just getting stuck deeper and deeper into a hole because she’s being deported.”Lull remains in ICE custody while deportation proceedings proceed.