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.

The Department of Homeland Security said in a news release the incident happened near the intersection of 39th Place and S. Kedzie Avenue in Brighton Park .

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." DHS said the suspect tried to run over the officers.

McLaughlin said one of the individuals who rammed the officers was armed with a semi-automatic weapon.

"Law enforcement was forced to deploy their

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