ICE agents in Chicago surrounded by 10 vehicles in confrontation: report

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were surrounded by as many as 10 vehicles while on routine patrol in this Chicago suburb — a confrontation that federal officials say escalated to the point of shots fired.

According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), one of the drivers in the circle of vehicles was armed with a semi-automatic weapon. DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said that ICE agents “were forced to deploy their weapons and fire defensive shots” against an individual identified as a U.S. citizen. McLaughlin said this person was named in an intelligence bulletin from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), according to Fox News.

Officials said the agents were conducting what they described as a normal patrol in Broadview when the group of cars surrounded their vehicle. The incident is occurring amid heightened unrest in the area over recent anti-ICE protests, which have intensified tensions between federal enforcement and local communities.