Federal immigration authorities shot a Chicago woman who was trying to impede them in Brighton Park on Saturday morning, Department of Homeland Security officials said.

President Donald Trump’s administration and local pro-immigrant groups immediately shared clashing descriptions of the shooting near 39th Street and South Kedzie Avenue. Chicago police said one person was wounded.

In the shooting’s wake, protesters quickly took to the intersection to confront the federal forces. Some threw water bottles as the agents tossed tear gas and flash-bang grenades at them on the residential street.

Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said officers were “forced to deploy their weapons and fire defensive shots at an armed U.S. citizen who drove herself to the hospital to

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