Chicago Indictment Ties Gun Recovered to Shots Fired at ICE Agents

In the aftermath of what happened in Minnesota on Wednesday, the narrative surrounding ICE has gotten…interesting. I’ve seen people claiming ICE has no arrest powers unless someone is an illegal immigrant, which is a bonkers take, among other insanity.

But the truth of the matter is that there’s been a lot of hostility toward ICE over the last year. It’s been reported that the ICE agent who took the shots on Wednesday had been dragged from another vehicle not all that long ago.

And in Chicago, of all places, an indictment this week showed that a gun recovered from one suspect has been tied to shots fired at ICE agents.

A federal indictment filed yesterday alleged for the first time that a gun found on a man in a Little Village restaurant parking lot in November was the same weapon used to fire shots toward immigration agents as they ran enforcement raids earlier that day.

Hector Gómez, 45, was charged in the indictment with possession of a weapon by a felon as well as gun possession by a previously deported alien. While the indictment does not allege Gómez actually fired the shots at agents, the charges for the first time connect the 9 mm weapon allegedly found on Gomez to shell casings at the scene.

Let’s remember that the primary reason there won’t be allegations that Gómez fired the shots is that recovering a gun is not enough evidence that he did it. Guns trade back and forth among certain groups in our inner cities, so a gun recovered from one person could have been used by someone else the day before. 

While it’s entirely possible that Gómez took the shots, it’s not enough to show beyond a reasonable doubt that he did. The fact that he was a previously deported illegal immigrant and therefore couldn’t buy a gun lawfully is also worthy of note, obviously.

Now, with that said, we would also do well to remember that this isn’t even close to the worst offenses against ICE agents. We’ve seen outright assaults against ICE facilities by armed groups. We’ve seen “sniper” attacks against ICE. We’ve seen numerous other incidents where it’s clear that people are trying to get agents killed.

Is it any wonder that ICE agents weren’t exactly offering up charity when a vehicle drove toward one of them?

Regardless, in this case, the gun was tied to an attack on ICE agents. While we don’t know if Gómez took the shot, the truth of the matter is that someone did. It’s not the first, nor do I expect it to be the last.

Everyone pretending that ICE agents aren’t under threat and have no reason to treat criminals like criminals would do well to sit down, shut up, and stop looking like they’re so mentally disabled their school-funded ride to the educational facility took a lot less steel than everyone else’s.

If you don’t want ICE to shoot people, then maybe those people should consider not trying to kill ICE agents in the middle of our streets, either with bullets or with vehicles.

You know, just putting out a little common freaking sense for those deficient in such things.

Editor’s Note: The radical left will stop at nothing to enact their radical gun control agenda and strip us of our Second Amendment rights.

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