DHS says federal agents in Chicago fired at driver who ‘rammed the law enforcement vehicle’

CNN Federal agents shot at a woman after she rammed a law enforcement carriage in Chicago according to the Department of Homeland Safety amid escalating anti-ICE protests and the Trump administration s efforts to clamp down on unrest in Democrat-led cities Officers fired defensive shots at an armed American woman after she along with the drivers of at least other vehicles rammed and boxed in officers Tricia McLaughlin DHS assistant secretary explained in a post on X Agents were unable to move their vehicles and exited the car One of the drivers who rammed the law enforcement bicycle was armed with a semi-automatic weapon McLaughlin mentioned in her post Law enforcement was forced to deploy their weapons and fire defensive shots at an armed US citizen who drove herself to the hospital to get care for wounds The armed woman was in the past few days named in an intelligence bulletin last week for doxing agents and posting online McLaughlin commented The woman has not been named and her condition was unclear Saturday McLaughlin did not provide details on which agency the officers who opened fire are part of Law enforcement also deployed gas canisters at the protesters according to footage from Reuters The footage shows protesters screaming running and shielding themselves This is Brighton Park this is not a war zone one woman reported a journalist No officers were seriously hurt in the occurrence mentioned McLaughlin who also accused local police in Chicago of leaving the scene Pritzker s Chicago Police Department is leaving the shooting scene and refuses to assist us in securing the area McLaughlin disclosed There is a growing crowd and we are deploying special operations to control the scene The Chicago Police Department declared they responded to the scene to document the matter and maintain safety and traffic control for all living and working in the area but aren t involved in the research CNN has reached out to Illinois Gov JB Pritzker for comment Weeks of protests The episode follows protests across Chicago sparked by a large-scale immigration enforcement campaign dubbed The Midway Blitz Operation by DHS Demonstrations have concentrated on the Broadview Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility near Chicago Homeland Precaution Secretary Kristi Noem spent part of Friday on the rooftop of the controversial facility surrounded by armed agents and a camera crew according to CNN affiliate WLS The campaign has included a massive overnight raid carried out by federal functionaries at a Chicago apartment building earlier this week which triggered condemnation from Democratic lawmakers and terrified residents One neighbor called the raid a military-style invasion and described seeing a Black Hawk helicopter overhead Adults and children alike were pulled from their apartments crying and screaming during the raid which led to the arrests of undocumented immigrants US citizens were arrested too and immigrant parents were separated from their US citizen children who were taken into custody by DHS As protests grew against the immigration enforcement action law enforcement has used force and tear gas against demonstrators including lawmakers Daniel Biss the mayor of Evanston Illinois who is also running for Congress explained he was teargassed at a protest outside Broadview and called the experience terrifying Kat Abughazaleh a former journalist also running for Congress was pushed to the ground by a federal law enforcement agent in a camouflage uniform wearing a full face covering sunglasses and a helmet during the same protest video by CNN affiliate WBBM manifested After a protest Friday Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes disclosed she was handcuffed in a hospital crisis room during a confrontation with two men whom he reported were ICE agents Neither were wearing badges At a protest outside Broadview Saturday five people were arrested according to the Cook County Sheriff s Office All were arrested by Illinois State Police for resisting obstruction the sheriff s office described CNN Trump to deploy National Guard On Saturday the White House disclosed the president had authorized members of the Illinois National Guard to protect federal officers and assets in Chicago a move President Donald Trump has been promising for weeks Amidst ongoing violent riots and lawlessness that local leaders like Pritzker have refused to step in to quell President Trump has authorized national guardsmen to protect federal officers and assets White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson recounted CNN President Trump will not turn a blind eye to the lawlessness plaguing American cities US Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee decried the move saying Terrorizing families with midnight raids and military troops in our streets is writing a shameful chapter in our nation s history in a comment This President is not intent on fighting crime He is intent on spreading fear It is a strategy the president first executed in Los Angeles and Washington DC and is now vowing to repeat in other Democrat-led cities across the country whether local lawmakers agree or not Before the president deployed National Guard troops to quell anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles it had been over half a century since a president federalized National Guard troops against the wishes of a state s governor Pritzker revealed he will not call up the National Guard and criticized federal immigration agents operations in the city saying they are sowing fear instead of providing safety Before the deployment was officially communicated Pritzker noted This morning the Trump Administration s Department of War gave me an ultimatum call up your troops or we will It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will Following the shooting Department of Homeland Safeguard Secretary Kristi Noem explained she is sending more special operations to the scene DHS declined to clarify what groups the special operations deployment would entail citing safety concerns CNN has reached out to the White House for comment In the modern day in Chicago members of our brave law enforcement were attacked rammed and boxed in by ten vehicles including an attacker with a semi-automatic weapon I am deploying more special operations to control the scene Reinforcements are on their way If you see a law enforcement officer at present thank them Noem posted on X In response to the matter and others in Chicago the FBI explained it and its federal partners will continue to aggressively pursue charges and investigate violence against officers obstruction of justice and destruction of federal property