CHICAGO – Two people are facing charges in connection with the use of cars to ram and block federal agents on Chicago’s Southwest Side on Saturday, which led to a shooting.
Federal prosecutors charged Marimar Martinez, 30, and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, 21, with forcibly assaulting, impeding, and interfering with a federal law enforcement officer, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Illinois.
What we know:
Prosecutors said Martinez and Ruiz used their cars to hit a vehicle being driven by a Customs and Border Protection agent on Saturday morning near the intersection of West 39th Street and South Kedzie Avenue.
After hitting the agent’s car, the suspects then allegedly boxed in the vehicle, which held a total of three agents at the time.
The agents were unable to move their car and got out. One agent fired five shots at Martinez, prosecutors said.
Martinez then allegedly drove off, but paramedics found her and her car at a repair shop about a mile away. She was taken by ambulance to a hospital where she received treatment for her gunshot wounds.
Ruiz also allegedly off, but officers later found him at a gas station about half a block away.
They were both in law enforcement custody pending an initial court appearance in Chicago.