Manhunt underway after gunman allegedly fires at federal agents during Chicago immigration enforcement action

Authorities are searching for a antheral who allegedly changeable astatine U.S. Border Patrol agents Saturday during migration operations successful Chicago.

Border patrol agents were conducting migration enforcement operations successful Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, erstwhile a antheral driving a achromatic Jeep fired shots astatine agents and fled the scene, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Following the shooting, a radical of radical threw a overgarment tin and bricks astatine borderline patrol vehicles, DHS said.

Local affiliate FOX 32 Chicago reported a flash bang was deployed, arsenic crowds surrounded national agents for aggregate blocks.

Police officers barricade a thoroughfare successful Chicago's Little Village neighborhood. (WFLD)

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At slightest 1 idiosyncratic was detained, according to the outlet.

City Alderman Michael Rodriguez, of the 22nd Ward, posted a video to Facebook accusing the agents of "causing each sorts of mayhem."

"They’re doing things that are unconstitutional, that are illegal," Rodriguez said. "They are causing fearfulness and mayhem successful our communities and that's unacceptable."

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Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez, of the 25th Ward, was besides livestreaming the chaos connected societal media.

Sigcho-Lopez appeared to face migration agents, questioning them astir wherefore they were successful the neighborhood—which is known arsenic a mostly Mexican-American community.

The Chicago Police Department (CPD) was called for assistance and cleared the scene.

Police officers instrumentality information measures with batons arsenic U.S. Immigration and ICE agents behaviour operations successful the Little Village neighborhood, a predominantly Mexican-American community, Saturday, successful Chicago.  (Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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The shooter and conveyance stay astatine large, DHS officials said.

"This incidental is not isolated and reflects a increasing and unsafe inclination of unit and obstruction," DHS wrote successful a connection connected X. "Over the past 2 months, we’ve seen an summation successful assaults and obstruction targeting national instrumentality enforcement during operations.

Federal agents behaviour migration enforcement operations successful the Little Village neighborhood, Saturday, successful Chicago.  (Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Chief Border Patrol cause Gregory Bovino fired backmost astatine an X idiosyncratic who said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents "illegally fired teardrop state into the street," saying determination is "more to come."

"Funny, you support leaving retired cardinal facts including respective shots fired astatine agents by a suspect, convulsive mobs throwing bricks and assaultive subjects," Bovino wrote successful a post. "We inactive managed to apprehend amerciable aliens contiguous successful Little Village. More to come."

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"These confrontations item the dangers our agents look regular and the escalating aggression toward instrumentality enforcement. The unit indispensable end."

CPD did not instantly respond to inquiries from Fox News Digital.

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