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FRANKLIN PARK — Federal immigration agents fatally shot a man in suburban Franklin Park after they said the man drove his car at them, dragging an officer and causing him to fear for his life, officials said at the time.
But body camera footage obtained by the Sun-Times shows a federal agent who was involved in the Sept. 12 fatal shooting of Silverio Villegas González tell police his injuries obtained during the incident were “nothing major.”
The footage, which the Sun-Times got from the Franklin Park Police Department through a public records request, shows an ICE agent tell a Franklin Park cop that Villegas González tried to run him and his