A federal agent shot and wounded a motorist in Chicago on Saturday morning, according to federal officials, touching off more protests in the city as tensions rose over the Trump administration’s threat to send troops there.
Officials with the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that the agent shot the motorist, a woman who they said was armed with a semiautomatic weapon, after she rammed and boxed in a law enforcement vehicle. The Chicago Police Department said it responded on Saturday morning to the area after receiving a report of a person shot. The New York Times could not independently verify details of the encounter.
The wounded individual had non-life-threatening injuries, local officials said. No law enforcement officers were injured.
Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois said in a statement that he expected National Guard troops to be deployed to the state after a Trump official told him on Saturday that the administration intended to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard against the governor’s wishes. Federal officials have said troops were needed to protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, including a processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview.
“I want to be clear: There is no need for military troops on the ground in the state of Illinois,” said Mr. Pritzker, a Democrat. “State, county and local law enforcement have been working together and coordinating to ensure public safety around the Broadview ICE facility, and to protect people’s ability to peacefully exercise their constitutional rights.”
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