Crime & Safety
Man Killed By FBI Agent Was Firing Gun Into 'Group Of Innocent People,' Feds Say
The agent was commuting home alone in a bureau-issued vehicle when he witnessed the scene, according to the FBI.
CHICAGO — The FBI agent who fatally shot a man Monday in Chicago had stopped to intervene after he saw the person firing a gun into a group of people, authorities said.
The agent-involved shooting resulted in the death of 27-year-old Oscar D. Isaya-Corrales, who suffered multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office, which determined the death was a homicide.
The incident occurred around 5:30 p.m. in the area of West 18th Street and South Union Avenue in the city’s Pilsen neighborhood, authorities said, adding that the agent was commuting home alone in a bureau-issued vehicle when he witnessed the scene.
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Isaya-Corrales was discharging a gun into what the FBI described as “a group of innocent people,” and fired at least two shots, according to authorities.
“In an effort to stop the ongoing threat, the agent engaged with the individual,” the FBI said in a statement Tuesday evening.
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Isaya-Corrales died less than an hour after the shooting, according to the medical examiner’s office.
“The FBI takes all shooting incidents involving our agents or task force members seriously,” the FBI said in the statement, adding that the shooting is under review by the agency’s inspection division in accordance with FBI policy.
An agent with the name that was on the police report for the shooting began working for the FBI in 2017, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
No other injuries were reported, according to the FBI.
A gun was found under a bicycle at the scene, the Sun-Times reported.
Isaya-Corrales was an immigrant from Venezuela who was taken into custody at the border in 2023 and released, according to the FBI. He had previously lived at the Pacific Garden Mission shelter, had a warrant out for his arrest and was previously arrested on suspicion of shoplifting, the Sun-Times reported.
Cristian Andrade, who helps translate at the shelter, told the Sun-Times that Isaya-Corrales had no family nearby and struggled with drug addiction.
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