A US border patrol chase that began with a suspected illegal immigrant ramming into a federal patrol car ended in a crash — sparking a tense standoff between residents and law enforcement in Chicago Tuesday, according to reports and authorities.

A red SUV driven by a person suspected to be in the country illegally rammed into a Border Patrol vehicle before attempting to flee the scene in the city’s Southeast Side, Department of Homeland Security officials said. 4

Agents used an “authorized precision immobilization technique (PIT) maneuver,” causing the Red SUV to fly backwards through an intersection before slamming into another vehicle, CNN reported.

Two people stumbled out of the vehicle as it moved and began to run as federal agents in a white SUV continued to chase after them.

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