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Two longtime, ranking Chicago police sources sharply rejected the department’s assertion that officers responded to calls for help from ICE agents who were rammed and surrounded by protesters on Saturday, telling Fox News the official statement is, in their words, “COVER THEIR A– BULLS–T!!”
Their comments come as Fox News obtained an internal dispatch revealing that Chicago police officers were ordered by their chief of patrol not to respond after Border Patrol agents called for help, saying they were boxed in and surrounded following a ramming incident outside the city, according to multiple federal and Chicago law enforcement sources.
Fox News reviewed the computer-aided dispatch message sent to Chicago police officers by their chief of patrol. The message instructed officers not to respond to a Saturday morning ramming on the southwest side of the city in which an armed woman was shot and agents were boxed in and surrounded.
“PLEASE CHIEF OF PATROL NO UNITS WILL RESPOND TO THIS AS RELATED FROM 04-Oc5-2025/12:34:44…CALLER IS 1 OF APPROX 30 ARMED PATROL AGENTS (ICE) WHO ARE BEING SURROUNDED BY A LARGE CROWD OF PEOPLE REQUESTING CPD,” the dispatch message read.
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Screenshot of the Oct. 4, 2025 computer-aided dispatch message from Chicago’s chief of patrol instructing officers not to respond to a call for help from ICE agents who reported being surrounded outside the city. (Chicago Computer-Aided Dispatch System)
On Saturday morning, federal agents were rammed and trapped by 10 vehicles, where anti-ICE crowds had gathered for days. Nearly a dozen people were arrested.
In a statement Sunday, the Chicago Police Department disputed claims that officers failed to respond, saying they were on scene to manage safety and document the incident.
“To clarify misinformation currently circulating, CPD officers did in fact respond to the shooting scene involving federal authorities on Saturday to maintain public safety and traffic control,” the department said.
CPD added that federal authorities are leading the investigation into the shooting, but that officers were present to ensure safety. Later that afternoon, police also responded to a separate call involving two hit-and-run crashes affecting federal personnel, the department said.
“The Chicago Police Department will always respond to anyone who is being attacked or is under the threat of physical harm,” the department 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.”
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But two senior Chicago police sources told Fox News the department’s statement was false — and that internal communications tell a very different story.
One ranking source told Fox News that the Chicago Police Department’s statement is “not true,” pointing to “legit” dispatch audio.
The second ranking police department source told Fox News, “Their statement is COVER THEIR A- – BULLS- -T!! The IRT team was called off while they were en route to handle the shooting—the ETs were told to disregard.”
“I’m so irate about it I filed FOIA requests last night,” the second source added. “I have never been more embarrassed to be a former member of this department with the current leadership in place. I feel for the men and women left behind, forced to work under these cowards as their command channel.”
One of the sources also provided guidance for interpreting the dispatch audio, explaining that “999 is the watch commander of the 9th District.”
“Initially, they were going to meet a bit of a distance away from the location, obviously to give proper instructions,” the source said. “Then he got back on and told them not to go… that is the lieutenant. He was obviously given instructions and changed what he initially said from ‘go there’ to ‘do not go there.’”
Federal law enforcement agents break up protesters outside of an immigrant processing center with a barrage of tear gas and pepper balls on Sept. 27, 2025, in Broadview, Illinois. (Getty Images)
The source further explained that 900 would be a commander and 962 would be a tactical sergeant, which are plain-clothes units. The source said officers had responded but had to leave because of the order.
“The scene was chaotic and they were obviously blocked in,” the source said.
One of the drivers accused of ramming into the law enforcement vehicle was armed with a semi-automatic weapon, according to DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, who also said officers were unable to move and “were forced to deploy their weapons and fire defensive shots at an armed U.S. citizen.”
The armed woman, a U.S. citizen identified as Marimar Martinez, was named in a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) intelligence bulletin, DHS wrote in a statement. She allegedly doxxed agents and posted online, “Hey to all my gang let’s f— those motherf—— up, don’t let them take anyone.”
McLaughlin said no law enforcement officers were seriously injured during the incident, adding that the woman involved drove herself to the hospital to get care for wounds.
The driver of another vehicle, identified by DHS as Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, was allegedly involved in the ramming and has been apprehended by law enforcement.
“Trying to intimidate law enforcement will not slow us down,” FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino wrote in a statement on social media. “The mission will not stop.”
The Chicago U.S. Attorney’s Office also responded to the attack, calling the situation “serious” and noting the violence placed officers’ “life and safety” at risk.
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A demonstrator is detained as people protest outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Broadview facility near Chicago on Oct. 3, 2025. (Jim Vondruska/Reuters)
“This Department of Justice does not tolerate assaults and obstruction of our brave men and women in federal law enforcement,” the attorney’s office wrote in an X post. “We will investigate and prosecute all those who assault or obstruct federal law enforcement, including public officials, and we will hold them accountable to the full extent of the law.”
DHS said agents were performing a routine patrol about 15 miles from the ICE processing center in Broadview when what it described as “domestic terrorists” began throwing smoke, gas, rocks and bottles. One ICE vehicle was disabled and mobbed, forcing agents to abandon it for their safety. DHS said the vehicle was significantly damaged.
Five people were arrested and charged Saturday in connection with the protests in Broadview, bringing the total to 10 people charged since Friday, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office. The latest arrests by Illinois State Police involved charges of resisting and obstruction.
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Federal agents clash with demonstrators outside the ICE Detention Center in suburban Chicago. (Dominic Gwinn/Getty Images)
The ICE facility in Broadview has become a flashpoint for the protests. On Friday, Fox News witnessed more than a dozen protesters being arrested in the streets near the facility.
Tensions grew hours later when Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker issued a series of statements on X, accusing the Trump administration and federal law enforcement of “unprecedented escalations of aggression against Illinois citizens and residents.”
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Earlier this month, ICE launched Operation Midway Blitz, describing the operation as one that “will target the criminal illegal aliens who flocked to Chicago and Illinois because they knew Governor Pritzker and his sanctuary policies would protect them and allow them to roam free on American streets.”
Fox News Digital’s Alexandra Koch and Greg Norman contributed to this report.