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CHICAGO (WGN) - Shots were reportedly fired astatine U.S. Border Patrol agents during migration enforcement operations successful Little Village Saturday afternoon.
The Department of Homeland Security said agents were conducting migration enforcement operations adjacent 26th Street and Kedzie Avenue erstwhile an chartless antheral driving a achromatic Jeep fired shots astatine agents and drove off.
DHS further alleges a radical of radical besides threw a overgarment tin and bricks astatine Border Patrol's vehicle.
The Chicago Police Department was called successful for assistance and cleared the scene.
CPD said their officers were sent to the 2500 artifact of South Kedzie Avenue for reports of shots fired astatine national agents. Officers secured the country and determination are nary reports of anyone deed by gunfire.
One constabulary officer, however, was accidentally deed by a GMC pickup motortruck driven by a 20-year-old woman. The serviceman suffered insignificant injuries and was taken to an country infirmary successful bully condition, portion the pistillate was issued 2 citations, according to CPD.
The fishy who reportedly fired shots astatine the agents and the Jeep helium was driving person not been found.
"This incidental is not isolated and reflects a increasing and unsafe inclination of unit and obstruction. Over the past 2 months, we’ve seen an summation successful assaults and obstruction targeting national instrumentality enforcement during operations. These confrontations item the dangers our agents look regular and the escalating aggression toward instrumentality enforcement. The unit indispensable end," DHS said.
No different accusation was released.
