ICE agents shoot man in Chicago area as officer injured

Erin Ailworth and Myles Miller, Bloomberg News on Sep 12, 2025

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A man was shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Friday during a vehicle stop in the Chicago area, after he dragged the ICE officer while attempting to flee in his car, according to authorities.

The officer sustained multiple injuries and is in stable condition, according to the Department of Homeland Security, which added that the dead man was not in the country legally and resisted arrest.

“He followed his training, used appropriate force, and properly enforced the law to protect the public and law enforcement,” Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said of the shooting, which federal authorities said occurred in Chicago. The Federal Bureau of Investigation said the incident happened in Franklin Park, a suburb of Chicago near O’Hare International Airport.

The incident threatens to inflame tensions between the Trump administration and the state’s Democratic leadership, which have sparred over immigration enforcement and crime. President Donald Trump has frequently attacked Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, who is viewed as a potential presidential candidate for 2028.

Trump, who moved the Washington, D.C., police department under federal control and ordered about 2,000 National Guard troops to patrol the nation’s capital, had threatened similar moves in Chicago to combat crime and enforce his immigration crackdown. DHS announced this month it was launching Operation Midway Blitz, aimed at targeting “criminal illegal aliens” in Chicago and Illinois.

Pritzker said in a social media post that he’s aware of the “troubling incident” in Franklin Park.

During an interview Friday morning with Fox News, Trump said he plans to deploy the National Guard to Memphis. But the president continued to assail Chicago and said he would have preferred to go into that city.

Trump decided against deploying troops to Chicago because his advisers warned him that going in without the cooperation of the governor would create legal hurdles, reported CNN, which cited anonymous sources.

Earlier this year, Trump deployed the National Guard to quell protests over immigration raids in Los Angeles against the wishes of California Gov. Gavin Newsom. A U.S. district court judge on Sept. 2 ruled that the deployment violated federal law and issued an order barring the use of military troops in California.

(Hadriana Lowenkron contributed to this report.)