Federal agents shoot woman they say 'boxed in' authorities on Chicago's South Side

[demmiblue]

Source: WBEZ

Authorities were on patrol when they were “rammed by 10 cars,” according to a statement from the Department of Homeland Security. One of the drivers “was armed with a semi-automatic weapon,” prompting officers to open fire, DHS said. A woman was shot and was taken in fair condition to Mount Sinai Hospital.

A woman was shot by U.S. Border Patrol agents Saturday morning on Chicago’s South Side, marking the second shooting since President Donald Trump’s administration launched an aggressive immigration enforcement operation in the area last month.

Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security, said the shooting erupted after patrolling agents were “rammed by 10 cars” and “boxed in.” Agents then fired “defensive shots” when they discovered the woman “was armed with a semi-automatic weapon” while driving one of the cars.

The time and location of the shooting weren’t immediately known. No law enforcement officials were hurt.

Read more: https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/10/04/federal-agents-shoot-woman-they-say-boxed-in-authorities-in-brighton-park

[oberle]

1. It starts

[AverageOldGuy]

2. ". . . when they discovered the woman "was armed with a semi-automatic weapon"

Of course she was. ICE wouldn't lie.

[obamanut2012]

4. Just like with the Irish Troubled

[LudwigPastorius]

25. Throw-down gun

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/throw-down+guns

[eppur_se_muova]

3. Undoctored, non-AI video from an independent source or it didn't happen. nt

[EarthFirst]

5. What messages were written on the ammo?

[Bread and Circuses]

6. We knew it would happen - the False Flag.

Another planned confrontation and fake attack . All to justify violence against We, The People.

[Bayard]

7. I don't believe a word these people say

They lie constantly, and I wouldn't put it past them to manufacture evidence.

[SamuelTheThird]

8. TEN cars?

Come on...

[karynnj]

9. Even more, they were rammed by 10 cars!

Yet it seems no injuries. It says they were "patrolling", I don't know if that means in a car or as pictured over the last week, walking.

I can't even picture either possibility.

[yardwork]

13. We got ourselves a convoy...

[markodochartaigh]

21. Ten cars!? Did they say ten cars?

I think that they meant twenty cars, five trucks, two golf carts, and one of whatever it is that kids scoot around on these days.

[ReRe]

29. Seriously. Ten cars and no camera.

[GreenWave]

32. And she drove all ten of them too!

[Scrivener7]

37. The exact words of my first thought on reading this.

[Vinca]

10. That sounds like fractured fairy tales at best.

[SamuelTheThird]

11. Theyre just going to invent or false flag us into martial law

[Zackzzzz]

12. Was It A Flash Mob Using Cars?

[mcar]

14. I don't believe any of this

Except that they shot a woman.

[riversedge]

19. Fishy to say the least. See my post below #18

[ReRe]

30. Shot her just because

she had a gun. She didn't shoot it at anyone, but they shot her because she had it. No-sir-ee,
we can't have no pistol-packing women in Merica.

[Miguelito Loveless]

38. They claim "she had a gun"

That asswertion requires evidence.

[red dog 1]

15. Here's a Bluesky post on this shooting by an ICE agent

this is a state sponsored terrorist operation being laid out on an american and every one in ICE needs to be treated as if they are terrorists after trumps regime is over

— onion person (@junlper.beer) 2025-10-04T20:00:16.196Z

(Chicago Sun Times)

[Talitha]

16. Geeze-Louise, I grew up in Brighton Park!

[NBachers]

17. Somebody's fantasy of "Right outta Central Casting." Didn't I see this in a Steven Seagal movie?

[riversedge]

18. The hospital said the woman (with the gun who was injured) has been Released!! --no name released....

nor were the local police informed.. Something is fishy to say the least.



..........The patrolling agents were rammed by vehicles and "boxed in by 10 cars," DHS said. The statement did not say where in Broadview this occurred, but that it was "in the same area" as the ICE facility.

DHS said the agents were unable to move their vehicles and got out of the car. According to DHS officials, one of the drivers of a car boxing them in had a gun, which the agency said was a semi-automatic weapon. DHS said the agents opened fire, striking the driver, who they said is a woman. She was taken to a hospital for treatment. A spokesperson for Sinai Health System said the woman has since been released.

In their statement, DHS claimed the woman was named in a U.S. Customs and Border Protection intelligence bulletin last week for doxxing agents and posting threats against ICE online. They have not released her name or any other further information that could corroborate those claims.....................

[rickford66]

20. Was she aiming or shooting at them ?

If not, don't the lax gun laws apply to her also ?

[yonder]

22. No shit. The right loves shoving their interpretation of the 2nd amendent in our faces

when it suits their purposes.

But when a scapegoat or false flag is needed, constitutional law somehow becomes unimportant.

If her threat was masked and unidentified, does it even matter how she was utilizing her 2A rights?

Thousands of armed, untrained goons with a fresh 150 billion in their foul pockets ARE going to be a problem — which is exactly the plan.

[Queso Delicioso]

24. Welp, they started the shooting.

Chicago probably wasn't a very smart place to have done that.

[COL Mustard]

26. Well, the South Side of Chicago

IS the baddest part of town.

[ReRe]

31. They'd best leave the South side of Chicago alone.

Isn't that Michelle Obama's old stomping ground? Umm, umm, umm.
Seem's like TPTB don't think these things through. Umm. Umm.

[flamingdem]

27. Let's see if she has any history of gun usage

ICE thinks everyone has guns.

Prove that she had a gun. Calling BS.

[Faux pas]

28. Yeah Sure Ya Betcha

[eppur_se_muova]

33. I'm confused -- are these guys super-macho, high-tech, camo-swaddled battle machines, or are they showflakes ?

Every damn thing they see that strikes them as 'improper' is targeted for mobbed assault -- like they're scared of their own shadows.

And the only way they can deal with a lone woman (who somehow is responsible for ten ?? cars) is to shoot her ? Just how much did they skimp on training these guys ? Did anyone train them ?

[area51]

34. Sure, Jan.

[orangecrush]

35. Uh huh

[travelingthrulife]

36. And...and..and...she had a furry suit on and was texting her girlfriend at the time.

[Torchlight]

39. I'm guessing the real story turns out they parked poorly, got boxed in and lost their shit.

Covering up tantrums by asserting "they had a gun!" is deep inside Mr. & Mrs. Chad & Karen Snowflake territory.