Tear gas was used on the gathering crowd after eggs and other objects were thrown at agents.
A 19-year-old who says he is a U.S. citizen was tackled and arrested by an immigration officer after a crash between a border patrol vehicle and an SUV during a federal operation.
On Tuesday, Oct. 14, border patrol agents in a white truck were chasing a red SUV before the truck was filmed crashing into the other vehicle, ABC affiliate WLS reported.
A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told the outlet that the driver of the SUV, an alleged undocumented immigrant, had hit the agents' truck.
Following the crash, two people who had been living in the U.S. illegally ran from the scene, prompting agents to give chase, DHS told WLS. The agents ended up running into a nearby Walgreens.
Yarelly Jimenez went into the store with her partner and her sister's boyfriend Warren King to record the scene, she told CNN Newsource. In her video, which was obtained by PEOPLE, masked agents searched the store as Jimenez yelled, "Get the f -- out of here!"
As she exited Walgreens, the woman captured 19-year-old King on the ground as a masked agent straddled him.
"He's a citizen," Jimenez screamed repeatedly as she recorded.
"Get the f -- away from me," the agent yelled back, according to the video, instructing her to move. "You don't know what's going on, so get the f -- back!"
King was taken into custody but later released, according to the reports.
The footage is part of a wave of protests and dramatic scenes taking place in cities across the U.S. as President Donald Trump's administration cracks down on immigration.
In an interview with WSL, King said that he was attempting to leave the store, but hadn't gotten far outside when he was tackled to the ground and arrested.
"He was just saying, 'Why are you running?'" King, a recent high school graduate, told the outlet. "But I'm telling him, 'I'm a U.S. citizen. I'm here. I'm legal. I'm born here.' So, they didn't try to hear none of that though."
DHS agents were able to apprehend the two people they had been pursuing. Describing them as "illegal aliens," the agency told WSL that border patrol agents arrested the two "suspects."
King told WSL that he was with both people for hours in a car before he was released.
"They just accepted, like, their defeat. It wasn't no talking in the back between both of them, and they knew each other," King told the outlet.
When contacted by PEOPLE, DHS did not provide a reason for the crash or King's arrest.
"Here are the facts: immediately following illegal aliens ramming law enforcement with their vehicle, which resulted in the arrest of two illegal aliens from Venezuela, a violent mob began surround law enforcement," Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement.
She added that a teenager who is a U.S. citizen -- who was not King -- threw eggs and hit an agent in the head. He was later seen "gathering rocks after objects had already been thrown at law enforcement officers," according to DHS.
The teen was then arrested for assault. He was transported to the FBI Field Office in Chicago where he admitted to throwing eggs at agents before he was released without charges, the agency said.
According to WSL, a crowd gathered around agents during the incident in a "tense standoff," but most people were standing by peacefully. While some recorded with their phones, others held flags or chanted, "ICE, go home."
The Chicago Police Department told PEOPLE that officers arrived at 11:07 a.m. local time following reports of a motor vehicle accident involving federal authorities.
Police officers stayed on scene to try to "de-escalate the situation" for everyone's safety and later witnessed people "throwing objects" at the agents. At that point, "the federal agents deployed tear gas into the street," authorities said.
In her statement, McLaughlin said that the agency's officers "are facing a surge in assaults against them."
"CBP and our federal law enforcement partners will continue to enforce the law," she added. "And if you lay a hand on a law enforcement officer, you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."
Deputy Mayor Beatriz Ponce de Leon, who later arrived at the scene, had a different perspective according to WSL.
"There is absolutely no reason to have this kind of chaos happening in our communities," she said according to the outlet,"putting people at risk, putting people in harm's way and exacerbating the fear that people feel right now."
King said his story should be a warning to everyone.
"I just graduated high school," he said according to WSL."So, they can come for, literally, anybody. And that's not right."