Woman shot by federal immigration authorities in Chicago

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00:00Protesters face off against federal agents on the southwest side of Chicago after a border

00:10patrol agent shot a woman. The Department of Homeland Security says the woman was armed.

00:18Agents shot the woman as she tried to ram a law enforcement vehicle.

00:21Aldermen representing the neighborhood are calling for an investigation.

00:24We want to demand an investigation. There are escalating violence. There are escalating

00:30violence in the city. This is not making anyone safer. These raids, you saw the raids that just

00:35did a few days ago, they were innocent people. They have not shown the need to go and terrorize

00:41families in the middle of the night, see blocking kids, getting people naked in the middle of the

00:45street. Is that public safety? Is this public safety ended up with a shooting? Some being chased

00:51and now wrecked and a few blocks away from here. This is not keeping nobody safe. And they know

00:56that. The Department of Homeland Security says the woman drove herself to the hospital. However,

01:01the Chicago Sun-Times reports Chicago fire authorities say the woman was transported,

01:06enlisted in fair condition. No law enforcement officers were seriously injured. U.S. Homeland

01:11Security Secretary Kristi Noem posted on social media she was sending additional special operations

01:16to control the scene. Earlier in the day, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker said he was given an ultimatum

01:21by President Donald Trump to deploy Illinois' National Guard. For Straight Arrow News, I'm Jack Henry.