A woman shot by an immigration agent Saturday after she allegedly rammed his vehicle on Chicago’s Southwest Side over the weekend has not received proper medical attention and should be released immediately, her lawyer said in court Monday.
Marimar Martinez, 30, of Chicago, was charged in a criminal complaint filed Sunday with forcibly assaulting, impeding and interfering with a federal law enforcement officer, which carries up to 20 years in prison. Also charged in the same incident was Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, 21.
According to the charges, the agent who was driving was unable to move his vehicle and exited the car, at which point he fired approximately five shots from his service weapon at Martinez. Martinez was later taken by ambulance to a hospital, where she received treatment for g