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Man fatally shot by ICE in Franklin Park had just dropped off his child at school, Rep. Delia Ramirez says

A man fatally shot by federal immigration agents on Friday in Franklin Park had dropped off his child at school minutes before he was shot.

That’s according to U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Ill., who spoke at a news conference Saturday outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s processing facility in Broadview.

The man — formally identified Saturday by the Cook County medical examiner’s office as Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez — was shot by an ICE officer after the agency says Villegas-Gonzalez tried to flee a traffic stop and struck an officer with his car.

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