India, Sept. 13 -- Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez was identified by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as the suspect in a fatal shooting by an ICE agent in Franklin Park, Illinois. The DHS announced that Gonzalez attempted to drive into agents when the official fired at him on Friday morning.

"During a vehicle stop, the suspect resisted and attempted to drive his vehicle into the arrest team, striking an officer and subsequently dragging him as he fled the scene. Fearing for his life, the officer discharged his firearm and struck the subject," the DHS statement said.

The agency further described Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez as an 'illegal criminal alien'. It noted that ICE officers conducted a vehicle stop to arrest the suspect. He re...