ICE agent shoots, kills man in Franklin Park, Illinois, after suspect tries to drive into agents, DHS says

[ad_1] A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed a person in Franklin Park, Illinois Friday morning after authorities say he tried to drive into brokers.

A Division of Homeland Safety official first instructed CBS Information the agent was attempting to make an arrest, which the person resisted and tried to drive his car into brokers. The agent then opened fireplace.

ICE officers confirmed the deadly capturing, saying the incident started with "focused regulation enforcement exercise."

"Throughout a car cease, the suspect resisted and tried to drive his car into the arrest staff, putting an officer and subsequently dragging him as he fled the scene. Fearing for his life, the officer discharged his firearm and struck the topic," the assertion mentioned.

The incident ended when the undocumented driver crashed right into a truck. The motive force of the truck posted video on social media, the place you possibly can see a wrecked Subaru wedged below its trailer. It's also possible to see two officers on the bottom subsequent to the undocumented driver.

ICE mentioned each the agent and the suspect had been taken to a neighborhood hospital for therapy, the place the person died. ICE mentioned the agent was dragged and suffered "extreme accidents." The agent is being handled at a neighborhood hospital the place his situation has stabilized, ICE mentioned.

DHS officers recognized the person shot and killed as Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez, who they mentioned had a prison historical past of reckless driving. They mentioned he entered the nation at an unknown date and time.

The agent was dragged by the automobile and suffered "a number of accidents" based on DHS.

In surveillance video from a nail salon, ICE officers will be seen pulling up in a Jeep, with lights flashing, proper in entrance of the Subaru pushed by Villegas-Gonzalez. Brokers stroll over to the automobile. One goes to the passenger aspect window, the opposite to the driving force's aspect window.

The officer on the passenger aspect, which is nearer to the nail salon's cameras, seems to attempt to open the door. Then Villegas-Gonzalez begins backing up and drives away. You may nonetheless see the officer on the passenger's aspect window within the video; what you possibly can't see is the agent who was on the driver's aspect window. That's the agent DHS mentioned was dragged.

Surveillance video from one other close by enterprise exhibits the truck driving west down Grand Avenue then Villegas-Gonzalez, within the Subaru, change from the appropriate to left lane. A short while later, two loud noises that sound like gunshots will be heard.

Jose Pedro De Blas, who works at a close-by auto physique store, captured video of the scene proper after the capturing and crash.

"I assumed this was only a common run-of-the-mill automobile crash," he mentioned. "I'm going out and I see a big police presence. A big navy presence. I even noticed a man with a big FBI jacket and also you solely see these on the films."

"I feel it is unlucky proper now that individuals from all around the world are working away from ICE, scared from ICE," he added. "I completely get their level, why they're working away."

Villegas-Gonzalez's girlfriend, Blanca Mora, talking by an interpreter, mentioned she simply desires the reality to come back out, believing ICE is mendacity concerning the capturing.

The FBI confirmed it has been knowledgeable of the scenario and helps with the investigation.

"The FBI is conscious of the incident in Franklin Park and is aiding regulation enforcement in response," a spokesperson for the Chicago subject workplace mentioned. "There isn't a menace to public security or additional data obtainable right now."

Gov. JB Pritzker posted to his X account, writing, "I'm conscious of the troubling incident that has unfolded in Franklin Park. This can be a creating scenario and the folks of Illinois deserve a full, factual accounting of what is occurred at the moment to make sure transparency and accountability."

The village of Franklin Park is about 15 miles northwest of Chicago, close to O'Hare Worldwide Airport.

Federal brokers have been ramping up immigration enforcement exercise all week as a part of what the Trump administration is looking " Operation Halfway Blitz ."

Jermont Terry and Camilo Montoya-Galvez contributed to this report.

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Sara Tenenbaum

Sara Tenenbaum is the Senior Digital Producer for CBS Information Chicago overlaying breaking, native and group information in Chicago. She beforehand labored as a digital producer and senior digital producer for ABC7 Chicago.