(The Center Square) \u2013 Border Patrol agents near Chicago shot an armed woman Saturday who was part of a group of motorists who attacked the agents with their cars, the Department of Homeland Security said.<\/p>\n
“This morning, Border Patrol agents were conducting a routine patrol,\u00a0near the intersection of 39th Place and S. Kedzie Avenue, when they were attacked\u00a0and rammed by vehicles and boxed in by 10 cars,” DHS said in a news release “The officers exited their trapped vehicle, when a suspect tried to run them over, forcing the officers to fire defensively. This is an evolving situation. FBI is on the scene.”<\/p>\n
The incident occurred in the western suburb of Broadview, where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility is located and where clashes between ICE agents and sometimes violent protesters have occurred in recent weeks.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile conducting routine patrolling in Broadview, in the same\u00a0area of Chicago that law enforcement were assaulted yesterday, our brave law enforcement officers were\u00a0rammed by vehicles and boxed in by 10 cars\u00a0this morning,” Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement.\u00a0“Agents were unable to move their vehicle and exited the car. One of the drivers who rammed the law enforcement vehicle was armed with a semi-automatic weapon. Law enforcement was forced to deploy their weapons and fired defensive shots at an armed US citizen who drove herself to the hospital to get care for wounds.”<\/p>\n
Two vehicles also were used as weapons against ICE officers on Thursday, DHS said.<\/p>\n