Shots fired at Border Patrol agents in Chicago
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Patrol Chief Jon Hein faced a flood of criticism — from ex-cops, internet trolls and members of his own department — after his officers were ordered not to respond to the Oct. 4 shooting in Brighton Park.
A Border Patrol agent who shot a U.S. citizen five times told her lawyer, “I take pride in my shooting skills.” She’s charged with assaulting him.
“Moments after exiting the CBP Vehicle, the Martinez Vehicle drove northbound ” at the agent and he “proceeded to fire approximately five shots from his service weapon at the driver of the Martinez Vehicle,” prosecutors wrote in a criminal complaint last month.
A man in Chicago allegedly opened fire on U.S. Border Patrol agents during an immigration enforcement operation on Saturday, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The suspect, who fled in a black Jeep,