一名男子在芝加哥郊区被移民官员枪杀，其家人律师表示，他们已提出赔偿索赔。
Attorneys for the family of a man shot dead by an immigration agent in a Chicago suburb said they filed a claim for compensation.
CYBELE MAYES-OSTERMAN 芝加哥报道——据该家族律师称，去年在芝加哥地区被移民执法官员枪杀的男子的家人于周四提起诉讼，指控此次枪击行为违法且本可避免。
CYBELE MAYES-OSTERMAN CHICAGO — The family of a man shot dead by an immigration enforcement agent in the Chicago area last year moved to sue the government on Thursday for a shooting that they allege was unlawful and could have been prevented, according to attorneys for the family.
38岁的墨西哥籍公民 Silverio Villegas Gonzalez 在美国生活了18年。去年秋季，在特朗普政府于芝加哥开展的“中途岛闪电行动”（Operation Midway Blitz）移民严打行动期间，一名移民与海关执法局官员拦下他的车辆，并将其射杀。
Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, a 38-year-old Mexican national who had lived in the U.S. for 18 years, was fatally shot last fall by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who stopped his car during “Operation Midway Blitz,” the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Chicago.
美国国土安全部最初称，Villegas Gonzalez 的车辆曾拖拽该官员，因此官员出于自卫开枪射击。但法医报告指出，Villegas Gonzalez 是从近距离后方被射杀的。
The Department of Homeland Security initially said the agent was dragged by Villegas Gonzalez’ vehicle and then shot Villegas Gonzalez in self-defense. A coroner’s report determined Villegas Gonzalez was shot from behind, at close range.
“这起骇人听闻的枪击事件既违法又完全可以避免，”律师们在索赔文件中写道。
“This horrific shooting was unlawful and wholly preventable,” attorneys wrote in the claim.
此次索赔是在几天前提出的。此前，律师们已代表 Marimar Martinez 对国土安全部提起诉讼。在 Villegas Gonzalez 遇害不到一个月后，Martinez 在芝加哥的车内被一名移民官员连开五枪后幸存。据其律师称，对此次枪击事件的独立分析发现，该官员是从后方朝她开枪，这与她向联邦调查局陈述的“担心 Martinez 会开车撞向自己”的说法相矛盾。
The claim comes days after lawyers filed a lawsuit against DHS on behalf of Marimar Martinez, who survived being shot five times in her car by an immigration agent in Chicago, less than a month after Villegas Gonzalez’ death. An independent analysis of the shooting found the agent fired at her from behind, contradicting his statements to the FBI that he feared Martinez would drive into him, according to her lawyers.
律师们还表示，Villegas Gonzalez 的家人还依据《联邦侵权索赔法》提出了索赔。根据该法律，政府有六个月的时间进行和解，之后原告方可继续提起诉讼。但该法律不允许对个别官员提起诉讼。
The Villegas Gonzalez family also filed a claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act, which gives the government six months to settle before plaintiffs can proceed with a lawsuit, according to attorneys. The Act does not allow for lawsuits against individual agents.
维莱加斯·冈萨雷斯家人的律师乔纳森·梅内斯拒绝透露他们寻求的赔偿金额，但他告诉美联社，他们计划请求法官在审判中判给“一笔非常巨额的损害赔偿金”。
Jonathan Manes, an attorney for Villegas Gonzalez’ family, declined to share the amount of compensation they are seeking, but told The Associated Press they plan to ask the judge for a “very large amount of damages at trial.”
梅内斯表示：“政府方面总是条件反射地试图抹黑西尔韦里奥，并声称这是正当的，这让我们认为他们不会愿意和解。我们预计，六个月后，我们将进入联邦法院，届时政府必须为此负责，真相也将得以揭露。”伊利诺伊州警方于5月宣布对这起枪击事件展开调查。
“The way that the administration has reflexively sought to smear Silverio and call it justified doesn’t suggest to us that they’ll be willing to settle,” Manes said. “We expect that, in six months’ time, we’ll be in federal court where the government has to answer for this, where the truth can come out.”Illinois State Police announced an investigation into the shooting in May.
根据诉状内容，维莱加斯·冈萨雷斯是当地一家餐厅的配菜厨师。2025年9月12日早晨，他在芝加哥郊区的富兰克林公园刚将两个年幼的儿子送到学校和托儿所，美国移民和海关执法局（ICE）的探员便驾驶一辆吉普车拦在了他的车前。
Villegas Gonzalez, a line cook at a local diner, had just dropped off his two young sons at school and daycare on the morning of Sept. 12, 2025, in the Chicago suburb of Franklin Park, when ICE agents pulled their Jeep in front of his car, according to the claim.
据称，当两名探员分别站在他的车两侧，倚着车窗框时，维莱加斯·冈萨雷斯将车倒退了约50英尺（15.24米），然后开始驶向开放的车道。监控视频记录下了枪声，其中一名探员追赶着这辆车，最终车辆撞上了一辆停着的送货卡车。卡车司机拨打了911，大约一小时后，维莱加斯·冈萨雷斯在医院被宣布死亡。
As the two agents stood on either side of his car, leaning on the window frames, Villegas Gonzalez reversed about 50 feet (15.24 meters) and started to drive away into the open traffic lane. Surveillance video captured the sound of gunshots as one agent chased the car, which crashed into a parked delivery truck. The truck driver called 911, and Villegas Gonzalez was pronounced dead at a hospital about an hour later.
法医发现，维莱加斯·冈萨雷斯是从后颈部被向下射击的。律师们在诉状中写道：“因此，当ICE探员在西尔韦里奥车辆驾驶座一侧开枪时，他实际上是在近距离处决了西尔韦里奥。”
A medical examiner found that Villegas Gonzalez was shot downward, through the back of his neck. “The ICE officer was therefore standing alongside the driver’s side of Silverio’s vehicle when he fired the fatal shot, effectively executing Silverio at close range,” attorneys wrote in the complaint.
枪击事件发生后不久，美国国土安全部（DHS）在一份新闻稿中表示，维莱加斯·冈萨雷斯（Villegas Gonzalez）当时在美国非法居留，并在试图逃跑时驾车拖拽了这名特工。新闻稿称，该特工伤势严重，“担心自己性命不保”。但根据美联社此前获得的警方执法记录仪画面，这名特工在回应枪击事件的警察面前表示，自己的伤势“并无大碍”。
Immediately after the shooting, DHS said in a news release that Villegas Gonzalez was in the U.S. illegally and had dragged the agent with his car as he tried to flee. The release said the agent was seriously injured and “fearing for his life.”The agent told police who responded to the shooting that his injuries were “nothing major,” according to police body-worn camera footage previously obtained by the AP.
律师们在诉状中写道，当时该特工并不在车辆行驶路线上，而是主动选择抓住车窗。
Attorneys wrote in the claim that the agent was not in the path of the vehicle, and chose to hold onto the windows.
诉状还补充称，维莱加斯·冈萨雷斯“没有犯罪记录，仅有几次轻微的交通违规”。
Villegas Gonzalez had “no criminal record and only a few minor traffic violations,” it added.
国土安全部尚未公布该特工的身份。在维莱加斯·冈萨雷斯被枪击时，两名美国移民和海关执法局（ICE）的特工均未佩戴执法记录仪。该部门未回应置评请求。目前尚不清楚国土安全部是否已收到这份诉状。
DHS has not identified the agent. Neither of the ICE agents were wearing body-worn cameras when Villegas Gonzalez was shot. The Department did not respond to a request for comment. It was not immediately clear if DHS had received the claim.
在特朗普政府推行移民执法行动的背景下，马蒂内斯（Martinez）和维莱加斯·冈萨雷斯已成为全美范围内越来越多在车内被联邦特工枪击的受害者之一。国土安全部将这些枪击事件定性为针对将车辆用作武器者的自卫行为。
梅斯-奥斯特曼（Mayes-Osterman）是美国合众国际社/“报道美国”州议会新闻计划的一名成员。
Martinez and Villegas Gonzalez are among a growing number of people shot in their cars by federal agents across the country amid the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement sweeps.
“报道美国”是一个非营利性的全国性服务项目，旨在将记者派往地方新闻机构，报道那些未被充分关注的议题。
DHS has characterized the shootings as self-defense against people using their vehicles as weapons.