Manhunt underway after federal agents take gunfire as rioters ram vehicles, hurl debris in Chicago

A manhunt is underway aft national migration agents were targeted successful 4 convulsive attacks Saturday portion conducting enforcement operations successful Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, wherever rioters opened fire, hurled debris and rammed vehicles successful what the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) called an unprecedented battle connected instrumentality enforcement.

According to DHS, agents were boxed into a thoroughfare and alley portion making an apprehension erstwhile a antheral driving a achromatic Jeep opened occurrence and fled.

As the confrontation escalated, agents deployed a flash-bang instrumentality portion crowds threw bricks and overgarment cans from rooftops. Chicago constabulary helped evacuate the area, and portion nary 1 was injured, respective vehicles were damaged.

Officials said the unit dispersed crossed respective metropolis blocks arsenic agents endured 4 abstracted attempts to ram their convoy, including adjacent an FBI installation wherever demonstrators tried to breach the perimeter earlier constabulary restored order. Protesters besides blocked streets and threw much objects, prompting agents to usage assemblage power measures to wide a path.

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Federal instrumentality enforcement vehicles beryllium damaged aft rioters hurled bricks and different objects during convulsive clashes with U.S. Border Patrol agents successful Chicago’s Little Village vicinity connected Nov. 8, 2025. (Department of Homeland Security)

Over astir 3 hours, agents came nether gunfire, were rammed 4 times and faced mobs hurling debris.

Nine radical — including 8 U.S. citizens and 1 non-citizen — were arrested connected charges ranging from battle to obstruction. DHS said the gunman who fired connected agents remains astatine large.

The section described the assaults arsenic portion of "a increasing and unsafe inclination of unit and obstruction" targeting national instrumentality enforcement.

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Broken solid and dented panels people the aftermath of attacks connected national vehicles arsenic Border Patrol agents faced gunfire and mob unit successful Chicago’s Little Village vicinity connected Nov. 8, 2025. (Department of Homeland Security)

Chicago constabulary confirmed nary officers oregon agents were struck by gunfire. The attacks rapidly drew governmental absorption from Homeland Security officials.

Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin straight blamed Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson for fostering hostility toward instrumentality enforcement and accused the media of spreading mendacious narratives astir migration operations.

"JB Pritzker and Brandon Johnson person fueled an situation of lawlessness and battle connected national instrumentality enforcement," McLaughlin said.

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United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents behaviour operations successful the Little Village neighborhood, a predominantly Mexican American assemblage successful Chicago, connected Nov. 8, 2025.  (Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)

She said agents endured gunfire, convulsive mobs, and conveyance attacks crossed Chicago successful little than 3 hours, describing the question of assaults arsenic "unprecedented" and the merchandise of anti-police rhetoric.

"Make nary mistake: Our ngo volition proceed contempt the violence," she said. "To immoderate Antifa violent successful Chicago: You volition not halt us. You volition not dilatory america down. And if you laic a manus connected instrumentality enforcement, you volition look the consequences."

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DHS said it is moving with the FBI and Chicago constabulary to find the gunman and reappraisal information protocols for aboriginal operations.

Fox News Digital’s Alexandra Koch contributed to this report.