Overview

• DHS public affairs official Tricia McLaughlin said agents were rammed and boxed in by 10 vehicles during routine patrols in Broadview before firing what she described as defensive shots.
• McLaughlin said one driver was armed with a semi-automatic weapon and that the wounded U.S. citizen drove herself to Mount Sinai Hospital for treatment.
• The Chicago Sun-Times, citing the Fire Department, reported the woman was found near 39th Street and Pershing Road and said she was shot by Border Patrol, while NBC Chicago placed the encounter near 35th Street and California Avenue in Brighton Park.
• DHS said no officers were seriously injured and accused Chicago police of leaving the scene and declining to help secure it, while CPD had not responded to requests for comment.
• Protests tied to the enforcement campaign continued near the Broadview ICE facility as DHS reports more than 1,000 arrests since Operation Midway Blitz began on Sept. 8.