Officials say one person is dead after a shooting involving FBI agents in Dixmoor on Wednesday morning.
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the incident took place at 7 a.m. Wednesday near the intersection of West 145th Street and Cooper Avenue.
While the specifics of the shooting are now unknown, officials confirmed that agents were involved in a gunshot during court-authorized law enforcement activity in the region.
Officials say one subject was killed in the incident, and no agents were hurt.
According to village officials, FBI agents responded to the area to serve a federal search warrant.
“The FBI takes any shootings involving its agents or task force members seriously. According to FBI policy, the shooting event is being investigated by the FBI’s Inspection Division. “We have no additional information to provide because this is an ongoing investigation,” said an FBI spokesperson.
Authorities have yet to identify the individual who was slain.
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