A high-speed chase involving Border Patrol agents pursuing a suspect led to a crash Tuesday afternoon in a residential street on Chicago’s East Side, authorities said.
Footage from the scene shows bystanders gathering before agents deployed tear gas to disperse them.
While Border Patrol agents conducted an immigration enforcement operation, DHS officials said a person suspected of being in the country illegally used a vehicle to ram into a Border Patrol vehicle before fleeing.
The agents chased the suspect’s vehicle until the suspect stopped and attempted to run away on foot, according to DHS.
As agents arrested the suspect, a crowd began to form and “crowd control methods were used,” DHS officials said.
The Chicago Police Department confirmed that federal agents deployed tear gas into the street.
Footage from ABC shows dozens of protesters waving flags as several federal agents and local police officers hold them back from the street.
Border Patrol agents can be seen throwing tear gas canisters into the crowd, enveloping the street in a white gas as protesters cough and run from the area.
This comes after federal agents have deployed tear gas on other residential streets in recent weeks, including outside a grocery store on the city’s West Side.