By CHRISTINE FERNANDO and REBECCA SANTANA, Related Press
CHICAGO (AP) — A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a suspect who tried to evade arrest Friday in a Chicago suburb by driving his automobile at officers and dragging one among them, officers mentioned.
The capturing simply outdoors the town follows days of threats by the Trump administration to surge immigration enforcement in Chicago and fewer than every week into an operation labeled “Midway Blitz” by federal officers concentrating on the so-called sanctuary insurance policies in Chicago and Illinois.
The Division of Homeland Safety mentioned in a information launch that the officer was making an attempt to arrest a person who had a historical past of reckless driving, however he refused officers’ orders and as an alternative drove his automobile at them. An ICE officer who was hit and dragged by the automobile felt his life was threatened and opened fireplace, the division mentioned.
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Legislation enforcement responds to the scene the place an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a suspect after the suspect drove his automobile on the arresting officers on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in Franklin Park, Ailing. (AP Photograph/Laura Bargfeld)
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Legislation enforcement responds to the scene the place an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a suspect after the suspect drove his automobile on the arresting officers on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in Franklin Park, Ailing. (AP Photograph/Laura Bargfeld)
ICE mentioned each the officer and the driving force from the capturing within the Franklin Park suburb, about 18 miles west of Chicago, have been taken to an area hospital, the place the suspect was pronounced lifeless.
“We’re praying for the speedy restoration of our regulation enforcement officer. He adopted his coaching, used applicable drive, and correctly enforced the regulation to guard the general public and regulation enforcement,” Homeland Safety Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin mentioned in an announcement.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker mentioned he’s conscious of the capturing and demanded “a full, factual accounting of what’s occurred right this moment to make sure transparency and accountability.”
Video from the scene reveals police tape and site visitors cones blocking elements of the road the place a big meals distribution truck and grey automobile might be seen from a distance. A number of regulation enforcement automobiles have been surrounding the world.
Erendira Rendón, chief program officer at an area advocacy group referred to as the Resurrection Challenge, mentioned the capturing “reveals us the true hazard that militarized enforcement creates in our neighborhoods.”
“A group member is lifeless, and an officer was injured,” Rendón mentioned in an announcement. “These are outcomes that serve no public security function and go away total communities traumatized. … When federal brokers conduct unaccountable operations in our communities, everybody turns into much less protected.”
Chicagoans, in the meantime, have been getting ready for weekend Mexican Independence Day celebrations that embody parades, festivals, road events and automobile caravans, regardless of the potential immigration crackdown within the nation’s third-largest metropolis.
McLaughlin mentioned that “viral social media movies and activists encouraging unlawful aliens to withstand regulation enforcement” have made the work of ICE officers extra harmful.
Santana reported from Washington.
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