An undocumented father who was fatally shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) agent had just dropped his two sons off at school, his family have said.

Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez was shot dead in Chicago on Friday after he "resisted arrest, attempted to flee the scene and dragged an ICE officer a significant distance with his car," the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a statement .

His family have since revealed that Villegas-Gonzalez died "shortly after he dropped off his sons at school" in a GoFundMe fundraising page .

Newsweek has contacted DHS, ICE and Villegas-Gonzalez's attorney, Manuel Cardenas, for comment.

Why It Matters

The case touches on larger national debates over immigration enforcement tactics, the use of force by federal agents

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