Suspect fatally shot after dragging ICE officer with vehicle in Chicago suburb of Franklin Park, Illinois

FRANKLIN PARK, Ill. — A man is dead after allegedly dragging an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer with his car in the west Chicago suburbs on Friday, an ICE spokesperson said in a statement.

ABC7 Chicago cameras were on the scene near 25th and Grand avenues in Franklin Park.

ICE said its officers were conducting “targeted law enforcement activity,” and during a vehicle stop, a man, who ICE says was a suspect, resisted arrest and tried to drive his car into the arrest team.

The man struck an officer, dragging him as he tried to flee the scene, ICE said. The officer fired shots, striking the man.

ICE said the man was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The officer suffered severe injuries and is stable, ICE and the Department of Homeland Security said.

DHS identified the man killed as Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez, who the agency describes as an undocumented immigrant with a criminal history of reckless driving.

Video from the scene shows a silver car, which Villegas-Gonzalez was apparently driving, wedged into the side of a truck. It has since been removed from the scene, where there is still a heavy local and federal law enforcement presence on Friday afternoon.

This deadly encounter comes as ICE operations have ramped in the Chicago area within the last few weeks. Around 300 ICE agents are stationed just north of city.

“Today, we don’t feel safe. In a long long time, we don’t feel safe anymore. There is no reason why you are on the street, somebody stops you, and you are losing your life for it,” said Marien Casillas Pabellon with the PASO West Suburban Action Project. “Let me tell you, we are not going to live in the shadows anymore. There is no way we are going back to that. So, ICE needs to get out.”

As the day has continued, immigrant rights advocates and elected officials have showed up at the scene.

“The Trump and deportation machine is out of control, and operating with no transparency and accountability, and leading to senseless harm to our communities, families and neighbors,” said Laurence Benito with the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker posted a statement to X, saying, “I am aware of the troubling incident that has unfolded in Franklin Park. This is a developing situation and the people of Illinois deserve a full, factual accounting of what’s happened today to ensure transparency and accountability.”

Authorities say when unknown Villegas-Gonzalez entered the country was not immediately clear.

This is a developing story. Check back with ABC7 for updates.