The Department of Homeland Security now said agents shot a woman in the Brighton Park neighborhood Saturday morning after they became boxed in by vehicles. DHS originally said the shooting happened while agents were patrolling in Broadview.
According to a statement from the Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, the incident unfolded when agents were patrolling in west suburban Broadview, where they have an ICE facility that has been the site of ongoing protests and clashes between agents and demonstrators.
The patrolling agents were rammed by vehicles and "boxed in by 10 cars," DHS said. The statement did not say where in Broadview this occurred, but that it was "in the same area" as the ICE facility.
DHS said the agents were unable to move their veh