Criminal investigation into masked ICE agent who ‘shot a pepper ball’ into reporter’s truck

A criminal investigation has been launched after a reporter allegedly had a projectile fired at her vehicle by an ICE agent.

Asal Rezaei, a reporter for CBS News Chicago, said that the incident occurred late Sunday morning. She filed a police report stating that she was driving her truck with her driver’s side window down, while approaching the 25th Avenue entrance of the detention facility, to see if any activity was taking place. She said there was no active protest, and she left the area.

While she was leaving, Rezaei said a masked ICE agent shot a pepper ball about 50 feet from the inside of the fence. It hit the driver’s side panel of her truck, causing chemical agents to engulf the inside of her truck…

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