Woman shot by CBP agent among 2 charged in alleged Brighton Park vehicle ramming, prosecutors says
A woman who was shot by a federal agent on Chicago's Southwest Side on Saturday morning is among two people facing charges in the alleged vehicle-ramming incident that happened moments before shots were fired, according to federal prosecutors.
Marimar Martinez, 30, and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, 21, allegedly used their vehicles to strike another car, with three U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents inside, near West 39th Street and South Kedzie Avenue in Brighton Park.
Prosecutors said Martinez and Ruiz then used their vehicles to box in the agents' car. The Department of Homeland Security said on Saturday that 10 vehicles boxed the agents in.
Unable to move his vehicle, the CPB agent who was driving got out of the car and fired about five shots at Martinez with his service weapon.
Martinez, who DHS says was armed with a semi-automatic weapon, drove off, but paramedics found her at a repair shop about 1 mile away from the scene. An ambulance took her to a hospital, where her gunshot wounds were treated.
Ruiz also drove away, but law enforcement officers located him and his vehicle at a gas station about a half-block away, the prosecutors said.
Martinez and Ruiz, both of Chicago, are in custody, charged with assaulting, impeding, and interfering with a federal law enforcement officer.
Several federal agents were also hurt and taken to the hospital.
DHS also said Martinez was named in a CBP intelligence bulletin last week for allegedly doxxing agents online. Click here for more.





