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A Border Patrol agent walks through a cloud of tear gas in Chicago on Oct. 14.<\/span>Terrence Antonio James\/Chicago Tribune\/ZUMA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n An immigration enforcement<\/span> officer who shot a US citizen in Chicago last month bragged about the incident in texts afterwards, according to court documents filed in federal court on Wednesday. It\u2019s just one of the latest examples<\/a> of how, contrary to the Trump administration\u2019s own narrative, the agents helping the supposedly terrified residents of American cities are posing a danger to residents themselves.<\/p>\n The texts were released in court at a hearing requested by the lawyer for the woman, Marimar Martinez, who is facing federal charges of assaulting an officer. According to the government\u2019s account, Martinez allegedly rammed her car into a vehicle driven by Charles Exum, a supervisory Border Patrol agent, on October 4 in Chicago. When Exum got out of the car, Martinez allegedly drove her car \u201cat\u201d him, and the officer then fired five shots at her.<\/p>\n Martinez has pled not guilty, and contests the government\u2019s allegations. In her account, Exum sideswiped her car, and fired the five gunshots at her \u201cwithin two seconds\u201d of exiting his vehicle, according to court documents filed by her lawyer. After driving about a mile from the scene, Martinez took an ambulance to a hospital, where she was treated for gunshot wounds and later arrested. She has been released from custody on $10,000 bond; a jury trial is scheduled for February. <\/p>\n This all occurred as federal officials were conducting immigration raids in the Chicago area, as part of an action dubbed<\/a> \u201cOperation Midway Blitz\u201d by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).<\/p>\n The texts released Wednesday provide insight into how Exum addressed the incident in its aftermath. In one exchange, the agent sent an article from the Guardian<\/em><\/a> describing the shooting, adding, \u201c5 shots, 7 holes.\u201d In another, he clarified that he was explaining his pride of his abilities as a marksman: \u201cI fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.\u201d (Reuters reported<\/a> that, when asked about these messages at a court hearing on Wednesday, Exum said: \u201cI\u2019m a firearms instructor and I take pride in my shooting skills.\u201d)<\/p>\n In other messages, Exum wrote: \u201cI\u2019m up for another round of \u2018fuck around and find out’\u201d and \u201cSweet. My fifteen mins of fame. Lmao.\u201d<\/p>\n