Federal officials announced earlier this month that a gunman had been arrested for firing at U.S. Border Patrol agents amid chaotic protests in Little Village earlier this month, as the agency\u2019s aggressive Chicago area campaign was drawing to a close.<\/p>\n
So far, no charges have been announced in the alleged shooting in the nearly two weeks since officials claimed gunfire erupted in the 2500 block of South Kedzie Avenue.<\/p>\n
But on Thursday, a federal gun possession case was unsealed against a man matching the description the U.S. Department of Homeland Security had provided for the suspected shooter.<\/p>\n
Hector Gomez, 45, faces a single count of possessing a firearm as an undocumented immigrant, piling on the charges he already faces<\/a> in Cook County in relation to his arrest Nov. 8 in the 3100 block of West 26th Street.<\/p>\n Hector Gomez after his arrest on Nov. 8 in Little Village.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/p>\n Chicago Police Department<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Gomez was taken into custody hours after the alleged shooting, not far from where Chicago police had found shell casings. Local police found him with a handgun in his lap as he sat in a black Jeep Wrangler, according to an arrest report. A woman told officers that he had walked toward her while aiming the gun and \u201claughing profusely.\u201d<\/p>\n Gomez, who is originally from Mexico, remains held at Cook County Jail on felony charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and being a felon in possession of a firearm, records show.<\/p>\n The U.S. Department of Homeland Security initially reported on social media that \u201can unknown male driving a black Jeep fired shots at agents and fled the scene.\u201d The agency later said that an undocumented man from Mexico had been arrested in relation to the shooting, referencing criminal charges that match Gomez\u2019s background.<\/p>\n Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol boss who led \u201cOperation Midway Blitz,\u201d appeared on Fox News and took a victory lap. \u201cWithin 48 hours, the already have a suspect,\u201d Bovino said.<\/p>\n Before Bovino and his Border Patrol \u201cgreen machine\u201d left for Charlotte, North Carolina, they posed for a photo in front of the Cloud Gate sculpture in Millennium Park, a tourist attraction commonly known as \u201cthe Bean.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone say, \u2018Little Village!\u2019\u201d one agent said, two days after the enforcement operation.<\/p>\n Questions about the shooting continue to be raised in a highly publicized lawsuit in front of U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis, who this month handed down a sweeping order restricting the feds\u2019 use of force during the immigration campaign.<\/p>\n That order has since been put on hold by the federal appeals court in Chicago.<\/p>\n The case was brought by media organizations, such as the Chicago Headline Club, Block Club Chicago and the Chicago Newspaper Guild, which represents journalists at the Chicago Sun-Times.<\/p>\n Last week, the plaintiffs\u2019 lawyers told Ellis they\u2019d asked \u201crepeatedly\u201d for the Justice Department to hand over footage from the shooting. Then, on Thursday, they raised the issue again. Plaintiffs\u2019 lawyer Steve Art noted the feds have not yet handed over body-worn camera footage from Bovino.<\/p>\nCalls for evidence<\/b><\/h3>\n
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