A man in Chicago shot at U.S. Border Patrol agents during an immigration operation Saturday, the Department of Homeland Security said, but Chicago police said they found no one injured.
DHS said the suspect, who was driving the black Jeep, remains at large. The Chicago Police Department said officers responded to a call about shots fired and secured the area.
“There are no reports of anyone being hit by gunfire,” Chicago police said in a statement.
The incident took place during protests Saturday in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood following immigration raids by federal agents. A Reuters witness saw police detaining a man during an argument with residents after an immigration raid.
DHS said “agitators” threw paint cans and bricks at Border Patrol vehicles during operations on Saturday.
“Over the past two months, we have seen an increase in attacks and obstructions targeting federal law enforcement,” DHS said in a statement posted on X.
Raids in Chicago and surrounding suburbs, including one at a child care center this week, have led to protests and violent arrests.
More than a dozen suburban Chicago mothers were arrested Friday outside an immigration detention facility in Broadview, a suburb west of Chicago that has been the focus of anger over Trump’s “Operation Midway Blitz.”
Chicago’s immigration crackdown began in September with the stated purpose of going after dangerous criminals without a legal right to be in the US. It led to more than 3,000 arrests, according to DHS. Those arrested included US citizens and people with no criminal record.
