BROADVIEW, Ill. – Law enforcement shot at an armed person after officers were “rammed” and “boxed in” by 10 cars on Chicago’s Southwest Side on Saturday morning, according to a top Trump administration official.
It was unclear exactly where the shooting happened.
What we know:
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin posted on X that the incident happened after the officers were trapped by the cars.
Agents were “unable to move their vehicles and exited the car.”
She said one of the individuals who rammed the officers was armed with a semi-automatic weapon.
“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,” McLaughlin said.
She went on to say that the armed woman was named in a Customs and Border Patrol intelligence bulletin last week for “doxing agents and posting online ‘Hey to all my gang lets f*** those mother f****** up, don’t let them take anyone.’”
She said no officers were seriously injured.
She also accused Chicago police officers of “leaving the shooting scene” and said the department “refuses to assist us in securing the area.”
Chicago police did not immediately respond to a request for more information.