Broadview’s top cop says he’s opened an investigation into federal agents following an allegedly unprovoked attack on a CBS News Chicago reporter’s vehicle Sunday.

Broadview Police Chief Thomas Mills said in a statement that chemical agents were “fired from the direction” of federal agents toward a reporter’s vehicle. The reporter who was targeted declined medical attention.

“The Broadview Police Department expects the full cooperation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security into our criminal investigation,” Mills said in the statement.

In a report Sunday night, CBS said reporter Asal Rezaei was alone, driving her truck to the facility early Sunday when a masked federal agent shot pepper balls at her from about 50 feet inside the fence. There were no protests or protesters on scene

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