Bodycam video shows scene of Border Patrol agent's shooting of Marimar Martinez

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Bodycam videos of the moments surrounding the shooting of Marimar Martinez were released connected Tuesday evening aft a judge ruled they could beryllium made public. Martinez was wounded successful the shooting by a Border Patrol cause successful October successful Chicago's Brighton Park neighborhood.

The 3 videos, each betwixt 15 and 20 minutes long, amusement the country earlier and aft the Oct. 4 shooting, overmuch of it lining up with what Martinez's lawyer has maintained each along, aft the national authorities dropped its charges against her.

In 1 of the videos, the agents wrong their conveyance are heard saying "we are boxed in" earlier their conveyance collided with different vehicle. Border Patrol Agent Charles Exum past exited the vehicle, and 5 shots were past heard. Video of the shooting by Exum was not shown.

A achromatic GMC Envoy was past shown reversing and hitting different conveyance earlier leaving the scene.

Also released were images of the agent's conveyance and substance messages by Exum. One substance connection read, "put that 1 successful your publication buddy," to which the responding connection read, "good shootin, lol." He past replies, "gracias senior."

Images featured the agent's conveyance and the Envoy damaged successful the crash.

Photos from the conveyance Marimar was driving that time were shown successful those aforesaid substance messages, 1 showing the slug spread successful the windshield of her vehicle.

Martinez was changeable 5 times successful that incident. The Department of Homeland Security claimed she chased the agents and rammed her car into an agent's car during an migration protestation adjacent Pershing Road and Kedzie Avenue, but astir 2 months aft she was shot, federal prosecutors dropped battle charges that had been filed against her.

A justice dismissed the charges with prejudice, which prevents the authorities from filing them against her again.

Attorneys for Martinez program to denote a civilian suit astatine 11:30 a.m. connected Wednesday.

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