‘You’re not going to investigate a federal officer’

By: Andy Mannix, Melissa Sanchez, Nicole Foy

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: February 5, 2026

Words: 2,502

Last Updated: 1 week, 3 days ago

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This story was originally published by ProPublica.

Minutes after a federal agent shot and killed a Mexican immigrant in a Chicago suburb last September, a group of police officers stood on the sidewalk trying to figure out the answer to a question of protocol: Who would investigate the shooting?

“Wouldn’t it be state’s, at a minimum?” one Franklin Park officer asked, according to body camera footage.

Chief Mike Witz shook his head. “No, because …

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