Chicago area residents are mourning a man who was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent during a traffic stop on Friday.

According to the Department of Homeland Security, Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez fled a traffic stop by an ICE agent in the village of Franklin Park. The agency reports that the 38-year-old dragged the ICE agent “a significant distance” with his car. The agent shot Villegas-Gonzalez, whom the DHS called “an illegal criminal alien” in a statement on Friday. ICE claimed Villegas-Gonzalez had “a history of reckless driving” and that he “refused to follow law enforcement’s commands.”

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Rudy Repa, a resident of the suburban Chicago enclave, expressed anger and frustration over the shooting.

“I’m incredibly mad and I want justice for our communi

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