Chicago police push back community members and activists while the officers assist federal officers near the 3900 block of South Kedzie Avenue on Oct. 4, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)
In the shooting’s wake, protesters quickly took to the intersection of 39th Street and South Kedzie Avenue to confront the federal forces. Some threw water bottles as the agents tossed tear gas and flash-bang grenades at them on the residential street.
Federal agents detain a person near the 3900 block of South Kedzie Avenue on Oct. 4, 2025, in Chicago's Brighton Park neighborhood. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)Federal officers launch gas near Chicago police while attempting to control a group of protesters near the 3900 block of South Kedzie Avenue, Oct. 4, 2025, in Chicago's Brighton Park neighborhood. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)Elizabeth Ruiz pleads with a U.S. Border Patrol agent for information about her son, Anthony Ruiz, as she is moved back behind police tape. Anthony Ruiz was detained by federal agents during a protest in the 3900 block of South Kedzie Avenue in Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood on Oct. 4, 2025. (Peter Tsai/baiduhai)Chicago police watch as federal agents detain people while community members and activists protest near the 3900 block of Chicago's South Kedzie Avenue on Oct. 4, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)A federal agent lobs a gas canister at protesters near the 3900 block of South Kedzie Avenue in Chicago on Oct. 4, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)Chicago police push back community members and activists while the officers assist federal officers near the 3900 block of South Kedzie Avenue on Oct. 4, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)Federal agents are on the scene where community members and activists protest after a protester was shot near the 3900 block of South Kedzie Avenue on Oct. 4, 2025, in the Brighton Park neighborhood of Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)Community members and activists protest federal agents' actions after a protester was shot near the 3900 block of South Kedzie Avenue on Oct. 4, 2025, in the Brighton Park neighborhood of Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)Federal officers detain a person while community members and activists protest near the 3900 block of South Kedzie Avenue, Oct. 4, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)Federal immigration agents conduct an investigation in the 3900 block of South Kedzie Avenue in Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood on Oct. 4, 2025 (Peter Tsai/baiduhai)A federal agent holds a launcher that fires gas canisters while community members and activists protest near the 3900 block of South Kedzie Avenue in Chicago on Oct. 4, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)Chicago police assist federal agents as members of the community and activists protest near the 3900 block of South Kedzie Avenue on Oct. 4, 2025, in the Brighton Park neighborhood of Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)A protester throws a chemical agent canister back toward Chicago police and federal officers after it was thrown toward community members and activists near the 3900 block of South Kedzie Avenue on Oct. 4, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)A woman is given milk to ease the pain in her eyes after federal officers threw canisters of chemical agents at community members and protesters from their vehicles while leaving the Brighton Park neighborhood on Oct. 4, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)Elizabeth Ruiz pleads with a U.S. Border Patrol agent for information about her son, Anthony Ruiz, who was detained in the 3900 block of South Kedzie Avenue in Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood on Oct. 4, 2025. (Peter Tsai/baiduhai)Federal immigration agents conduct an investigation with a vehicle in the 3900 block of South Kedzie Avenue in Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood on Oct. 4, 2025. (Peter Tsai/baiduhai)Tire smoke from a squealing car fills the air as federal immigration agents conduct an investigation during a protest in the 3900 block of South Kedzie Avenue in Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood on Oct. 4, 2025. (Peter Tsai/baiduhai)Chicago police officers arrive at the scene where a protester was shot by a federal immigration agent in the 3900 block of South Kedzie Avenue in Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood on Oct. 4, 2025, (Peter Tsai/baiduhai)Community members and activists protest federal agents' actions after a protester was shot near the 3900 block of South Kedzie Avenue on Oct. 4, 2025, in the Brighton Park neighborhood of Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)Detainees are brought to the side of the road as federal immigration agents conduct an investigation in the 3900 block of South Kedzie Avenue in Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood on Oct. 4, 2025. (Peter Tsai/baiduhai)Community members and activists protest federal agents' actions after a protester was shot near the 3900 block of South Kedzie Avenue on Oct. 4, 2025, in the Brighton Park neighborhood of Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)Federal agents are on the scene where community members and activists held a rally after a protester was shot near the 3900 block of South Kedzie Avenue on Oct. 4, 2025, in the Brighton Park neighborhood of Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)Federal agents stand behind tape while members of the community and activists protest after an incident occurred near the 3900 block of South Kedzie Avenue on Oct. 4, 2025, in the Brighton Park neighborhood of Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)