Border Patrol agents in Chicago shot an armed woman after she and a group of people rammed cars into vehicles used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, authorities said, as protests intensify and the Trump administration vows to deploy federal troops to the Democratic stronghold.
The woman, a U.S. citizen identified as Marimar Martinez, was armed with a “semi-automatic weapon” and drove herself to the hospital for treatment after being shot on Saturday, Oct. 4, according to the Department of Homeland Security. She was discharged and taken into custody by the FBI.
Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for DHS, said in a statement the woman was named in an intelligence bulletin last week for allegedly "doxing agents." Another person accused of ramming into ICE vehicles, Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, has also been taken into custody in Chicago.
The incident broke out in Broadview, a suburb west of the city that has become a flashpoint for protests against heightened immigration enforcement. Several protesters were arrested over the weekend and multiple Border Patrol agents were sent to the hospital after clashes outside the Broadview ICE facility, according to DHS.
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