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An off-duty FBI agent shot and killed a Venezuelan illegal immigrant in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood on Monday evening after the man opened fire toward a group of people at a homeless encampment, the FBI has said.
The man was identified as Oscar D. Isaya-Corrales, 27, also reported as Oscar Corrales. The shooting took place at about 5:30 p.m. on Monday, October 26, near West 18th Street and South Union Avenue, the FBI said. The agent, who was driving home alone in a Bureau-issued vehicle, saw Corrales fire at least two shots toward a group of people, exited the vehicle and shot him, according to the bureau and federal law-enforcement sources.
No FBI agents were injured and no other injuries were reported, the FBI said. The bureau said the shooting is under internal review by its Inspection Division, the standard oversight channel for deadly-force incidents.
Chicago Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez has questioned the FBI's account of the shooting and called for an independent investigation by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke, citing unanswered questions about the incident and concerns over how evidence was handled. "Justice is not served in the streets," Sigcho-Lopez said.
The FBI confirmed that Corrales was an illegal immigrant from Venezuela who had been taken into custody at the southern border in 2023 and released during the previous administration. Multiple federal law-enforcement sources told Fox News that Corrales was apprehended at the southern border in October 2023 and released into the United States during the Biden administration, and that he had previously been arrested in California, where he was released despite an ICE detainer.
Court records reported by ABC7 show Corrales was arrested in May for retail theft at a Nordstrom store near the Magnificent Mile, allegedly had a Guatemalan passport that did not belong to him, and had a warrant issued after he failed to appear in court. The Chicago Police Department confirmed officers responded to a shooting involving federal agents in the 1700 block of South Union Avenue, documented the scene and referred questions to the FBI's Chicago field office.
The FBI has said the deadly encounter was not connected to any immigration enforcement operation: the agent was off duty when he came upon the gunfire, and the shooting is described as an unrelated incident.