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In reply to the discussion: Federal agents shoot woman they say 'boxed in' authorities on Chicago's South Side [View all]riversedge
(78,569 posts)18. The hospital said the woman (with the gun who was injured) has been Released!!  --no name released....
        nor were the local police informed.. Something is fishy to say the least.
..........The patrolling agents were rammed by vehicles and "boxed in by 10 cars," DHS said. The statement did not say where in Broadview this occurred, but that it was "in the same area" as the ICE facility.
DHS said the agents were unable to move their vehicles and got out of the car. According to DHS officials, one of the drivers of a car boxing them in had a gun, which the agency said was a semi-automatic weapon. DHS said the agents opened fire, striking the driver, who they said is a woman. She was taken to a hospital for treatment. A spokesperson for Sinai Health System said the woman has since been released.
In their statement, DHS claimed the woman was named in a U.S. Customs and Border Protection intelligence bulletin last week for doxxing agents and posting threats against ICE online. They have not released her name or any other further information that could corroborate those claims.....................
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                        Federal agents shoot woman they say 'boxed in' authorities on Chicago's South Side [View all]
							demmiblue
							Oct 4
							OP
                        
        
        ". . .  when they discovered the woman "was armed with a semi-automatic weapon"
        AverageOldGuy
        Oct 4
        #2
      
        
        Somebody's fantasy of "Right outta Central Casting."  Didn't I see this in a Steven Seagal movie?
        NBachers
        Oct 4
        #17
      
        
        The hospital said the woman (with the gun who was injured) has been Released!!  --no name released....
        riversedge
        Oct 4
        #18
      
        
        No shit. The right loves shoving their interpretation of the 2nd amendent in our faces
        yonder
        Oct 4
        #22
      
        
        I'm confused -- are these guys super-macho, high-tech, camo-swaddled battle machines, or are they showflakes ?
        eppur_se_muova
        Oct 5
        #33
      
        
        And...and..and...she had a furry suit on and was texting her girlfriend at the time.
        travelingthrulife
        Oct 5
        #36
      
  