An investigation is underway after a shooting involving federal agents unfolded Monday evening on the city’s Lower West Side near the Dan Ryan Expressway.
The FBI, in a statement late Monday night, said it was reviewing an agent-involved shooting near West 18th Street and Union Avenue. Per FBI policy, the incident is under review by the agency’s Inspection Division, the FBI stated.
The outbound Dan Ryan 18th Street exit was blocked off as of 8:15 Monday night, and a heavy police presence remained in the area.
Police responded to the shooting, CPD said in a statement. The department’s Investigative Response Team was on scene to document the incident, police said. Police did not say what the incident was, why federal agents were involved or whether anyone was injured.
A spokesperson for the Chicago Fire Department said there was one transport from 18th Street and Union early Monday evening but couldn’t say what condition the person was in. The spokesperson did not have further information about the shooting.
Neighbor Marina Corona said she didn’t hear the shooting — but she saw the response.
“I looked out the window, and I just saw this army of cars,” the 30-year-old said as she walked her dog along 18th on Monday night, her street still blocked by police tape.
Corona recalled that at first, all she heard was a bunch of sirens. She’s lived in the area her whole life, her family even longer. Sirens, she said, aren’t abnormal.
“(But) we never saw a police presence like this,” she said.
She remembered looking out her window around 5 p.m. and seeing what looked like police “frantically just running up and down the street.”
Her instinct was to shut off her lights and lock the door. She hunkered down for the next few hours.
In response to questions about the shooting, an Illinois State Police spokesperson said ISP assisted with traffic control “after the FBI was involved in an officer involved shooting at 18th and Union.”
The FBI, in its statement, said that it “takes all shooting incidents involving our agents or task force members seriously.” The agency declined to provide further details because “it is an ongoing matter.”