Tricia McLaughlin, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs | https://www.dhs.gov/
This morning in Chicago, Border Patrol agents were attacked while conducting a routine patrol near the intersection of 39th Place and South Kedzie Avenue. According to officials, the agents' vehicle was rammed and boxed in by ten cars. After being trapped, the officers exited their vehicle, at which point a suspect attempted to run them over. The officers responded by firing their weapons defensively. The FBI is currently on the scene.
Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin released a statement describing the incident:
“While conducting routine patrolling in the greater Broadview area, near the same area of Chicago that law enforcement was assaulted yesterday, our brave law enforcement officers were rammed by vehicles and boxed in by 10 cars this morning. Agents were unable to move their vehicle and exited the car. One of the drivers who rammed the law enforcement vehicle was armed with a semi-automatic weapon. Law enforcement was forced to deploy their weapons and fired defensive shots at an armed US citizen who drove herself to the hospital to get care for wounds.
“The armed woman was named in a CBP intelligence bulletin last week for doxing agents online.
"Thankfully, no law enforcement officers were seriously injured in this attack.
"Unfortunately, JB Pritzker’s Chicago Police Department is leaving the shooting scene and refuses to assist us in securing the area. There is a crowd growing and we are deploying special operations to control a growing crowd.
"Comparing ICE day-in and day-out to the Nazi Gestapo, the Secret Police, and slave patrols has consequences. The men and women of ICE and CBP are fathers and mothers, sons and daughters. They get up every morning to try and make our communities safer. Like everyone else, they just want to go home to their families at night. The violence and dehumanization of these men and women who are simply enforcing the law must stop. We are praying for our law enforcement and their families. This is an evolving situation, and we will give the public more information as soon as it becomes available.”
Officials noted that last week an internal threat intelligence bulletin had been issued regarding this individual for doxing law enforcement personnel online.
Earlier this week, federal authorities condemned recent incidents involving vehicles used against law enforcement officers in Chicago—a trend that has reportedly increased.
