FRANKLIN PARK, Ailing. (WLS) — An Illinois congressman is amongst those that are calling for all video of the lethal capturing involving an ICE officer within the west suburbs to be launched by federal officers.
The capturing occurred in Franklin Park on Friday.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson mentioned its officers have been conducting “focused regulation enforcement exercise,” and through a car cease, a person, who ICE says was a suspect, resisted arrest and tried to drive his automobile into the arrest workforce.
The person struck an officer, dragging him as he tried to flee the scene, ICE mentioned. The officer shot the person, who was later recognized as Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez. The Division of Homeland Safety described him as an undocumented immigrant with a felony historical past of reckless driving.
ICE mentioned the person was taken to a neighborhood hospital, the place he was pronounced lifeless. The officer suffered extreme accidents and is secure, ICE and DHS mentioned.
Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García says all video of the incident needs to be launched.
“We need to know the whole lot about what occurred and for all proof to be put ahead publicly so the general public could make its personal conclusions, however this was completely preventable, pointless and most tragic,” García mentioned.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has additionally known as for transparency within the investigation into the capturing.
ABC7 reached out to ICE for remark and to see if the officers concerned have been sporting cameras, however has not but heard again but.
The household of Villegas-Gonzalez informed ABC7 he was a father from Mexico, working at a restaurant within the Portage Park space, and has been in america for many years. His capturing loss of life is sparking outrage.
This lethal encounter got here as ICE operations have ramped within the Chicago space inside the previous few weeks. Round 300 ICE brokers are stationed simply north of metropolis.
To the person’s girlfriend and stepdaughter, Villegas-Gonzalez was a working 38-year-old father of three from Mexico who’s lived in america for greater than 20 years.
Cellphone video obtained by ABC 7 confirmed the second with ICE officers eliminated the person from his crashed automobile close to Grand and Elder Lane.
“He obtained a gap on his head and bleeding, so each males, they tried to assist and canopy with a band-aid, his neck,” witness Victoria Connolly mentioned.
Congressman García spoke on the scene Friday with different politicians, shortly after flying from the nation’s capital.
“Look, no doubt, there’s large racial, ethnic profiling that is happening and it is shameful,” García mentioned.
Governor Pritzker posted an announcement to X Friday, saying, “I’m conscious of the troubling incident that has unfolded in Franklin Park. It is a creating state of affairs and the individuals of Illinois deserve a full, factual accounting of what is occurred at present to make sure transparency and accountability.”
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