Federal agents clash with two people in Lake View East, police say

Federal agents clash with two people in Lake View East, police say

Federal agents were involved in a physical altercation that prompted a police response Friday morning in Chicago’s Lake View East neighborhood, authorities said.

CHICAGO - Federal agents were involved in a physical altercation that prompted a police response Friday morning in Chicago’s Lake View East neighborhood, authorities said.

What we know:

The incident occurred just before 9:20 a.m. near Belmont Avenue and Broadway, according to Chicago police.

Officers were called for a report of a battery in progress and arrived to find federal agents "engaged in a physical altercation with two individuals," CPD said.

A crowd had gathered at the scene, and officers worked to de-escalate the situation and manage the crowd, police said.

In a statement, the Department of Homeland Security claimed that U.S. Border Patrol were confronted by a "hostile crowd" and that one woman even assaulted an agent by grabbing his face mask to try to rip it off.

A DHS spokesperson said:

"On October 24th while conducting an operation, US Border Patrol was confronted by a hostile crowd that surrounded their vehicles and attempted to impede operations and became violent. As federal law enforcement exited their vehicles to issue dispersal commands, a woman assaulted an agent and grabbed his face mask, attempting to rip it off. 

 "Agents issued multiple warnings to the crowd to disperse, but the situation continued to escalate. After repeated warnings were ignored, federal law enforcement deployed crowd control measures in order to disperse the crowd and clear the area."

What's next:

No arrests were made, and officers left after clearing the area.