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CHICAGO () The Chicago Police Department is pushing back against allegations that officers were told to “stand down” in response to weekend incidents involving federal immigration enforcement officers and agents, including one in which a woman was shot.

The Fraternal Order of Police, an advocacy group for law enforcement that endorsed Donald Trump for president in 2024, alleged Chicago city police were ordered not to respond to assist a group of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers while they were being “physically threatened” by what appeared to be an angry group of people.

A spokesperson for the National Fraternal Order of Police said that both the FOP and the Chicago chapter of the organization “believe that when an officer calls for assistance, you answer, no matter what.”

However, in a statement provided by a Chicago Police Department spokesperson, the agency said that officers did indeed respond to incidents involving federal agents and officers, including the scene of the shooting in which a woman was hospitalized after being shot by federal officers.

A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said that a woman who had been threatening federal officers had a semiautomatic weapon and was in a vehicle that boxed federal officers in.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents stand guard as demonstrators protest outside of an ICE processing facility in Broadview, Illinois, US, on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker warned residents that he expected federal immigration agents to step up activity in the third-largest US city this weekend. Photographer: Taylor Glascock/Bloomberg via Getty Images

DHS officials say the shooting occurred on the city’s Southwest Side after U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents were ambushed by “domestic terrorists” who rammed federal police with vehicles.

The woman, injured by “defensive fire” from CBP agents, was driving one of the vehicles and had a semiautomatic weapon, a DHS news release said.

Officials said that the woman who was shot by police has a history of “doxxing agents.”

The city’s police department said that officers also responded to calls for service involving federal officers who were the victims of two hit-and-run crashes. The crashes were not related to the shooting incident, the city spokesperson said, but in each case, officers responded and documented the incidents.

However, in an audio call of communications between Chicago police officers obtained by , the department’s chief of patrol can be heard saying,” Clear everybody up. … We’re not responding over there” in the location where federal agents shot the woman.

Seven seconds later, the patrol chief repeats that “we’re not sending anyone over to that location.”

Despite the audio of the call, Chicago police officials are denying that officers were told not to respond to the incident. Larry Snelling, Chicago police superintendent, will address the matter at a news conference on Monday afternoon.

“As we have made clear before, we will respond to calls for service and enforce the law when crimes are committed,” the CPD spokesperson said. “For incidents involving federal immigration enforcement, CPD supervisors will respond to the scene and determine the appropriate course of action in accordance with City law.”

Under Chicago’s so-called “sanctuary city” policies and the Illinois Trust Act, local police are prohibited from cooperating with federal agencies in federal immigration enforcement efforts. However, the department said that it will always protect all individuals from harm while prioritizing public safety and the sanctity of human life.

However, Ret. Chicago Police Lt. John Garrido called Mayor Brandon Johnson’s “ICE Free Zone” executive order that prohibits ICE from using city property in its operations “absolutely ridiculous.”

“If the city would just calm down and just cooperate and coordinate with ICE, you wouldn’t have the situations that we’re having now,” Garrido said. “(ICE) is going to be here. They’re here. They’re not going anywhere, so let’s coordinate efforts to make it safe for everyone.”

Garrido said that by officers refusing to respond to assist federal officers over the weekend, the city essentially made the case for the Trump administration to send in National Guard troops.

“You basically just handed it to them and said, ‘OK, now we’re able to send in the troops because local law enforcement isn’t able to help,” Garrido said.

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