CHICAGO (NewsNation) — A person believed to be associated with shots allegedly being fired at U.S. Border Patrol agents in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood over the weekend has been arrested, a source confirmed to NewsNation on Monday.

The source did not confirm whether the person in custody is a man whom the Department of Homeland Security alleges fired multiple shots from a black Jeep at agents during an enforcement operation in Little Village on Saturday. No agents were injured in the incident.

DHS sources told NewsNation that the person in federal custody is a Mexican national who was previously convicted on weapons charges and who officials said entered the United States illegally. The man is also being held as a violator of the Laken Riley Act pending criminal charges of assau

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