Man killed by FBI in Homan Square shootout had warrants in DuPage County, was on parole for 2021 bank robbery
A man who was shot and killed by FBI agents during a shootout on the West Side of Chicago Thursday has been identified.
Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation opened fire on an SUV in the 3700 block of West Lexington Street in Homan Square around 3 p.m. Thursday. One person was killed. The Cook County Medical Examiner has identified him as 25-year-old Abdulhafedh Abdulhafedh of Aurora, Illinois.
The FBI said their agents stopped a car that was occupied by people, including Abdulhafedh, wanted in connection to a violent bank robbery.
The FBI did not say how many other people were in the car at the time of the shooting, just that Abdulhafedh was the only person who was killed.
A neighbor captured the standoff on video, including the moment FBI agents threw gas canisters at a black SUV that was wedged between two cars. Moments later, it appears someone fires from the sunroof inside the SUV.
Federal agents fire back. The shootout continues for nearly 10 seconds. The person taking the video can be heard yelling for people to get away from the windows.
Video from the aftermath shows the SUV riddled with bullet holes.
Abdulhafedh was arrested in March in Elmhurst, where police said he was charged with obstructing police and possession of a stolen car and license plates. Officers said he was also wanted for fleeing police in Naperville, Aurora and Downers Grove in the days prior to that arrest.
He was not detained on those charges, but failed to show up for his court date in April and had two active warrants for his arrest in DuPage County at the time of Thursday's shootout.
Court records show Abdulhafedh had been released from prison in January after pleading guilty to robbing a BMO Harris bank in New Lenox in 2021. He was on parole at the time of his death.
A man who said he was Abdulhafedh's brother told CBS News Chicago he was visiting a relative nearby at the time of the shooting.
It wasn't clear if a weapon was recovered after the shootout Thursday. Friday the scene remained an active FBI investigation.
