CHICAGO (WGN) — Federal authorities opened fire on a woman who was allegedly armed with a gun shortly after their vehicle was rammed and blocked in by a group of cars in Chicago on Saturday afternoon.

According to officials from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the incident unfolded in an area near West 39th Place and South Kedzie Avenue in Brighton Park.

DHS officials say border patrol agents were conducting a routine patrol in the area when they were allegedly "attacked and rammed by vehicles and boxed in by 10 cars."

Agents exited the trapped vehicle, and officials said that was when a female suspect allegedly attempted to run them over,........

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