Chicago resident and Montessori teaching assistant.
Case
Border Patrol Agent Charles Exum shot Marimar Martinez during a Chicago vehicle confrontation. Agents said she drove at Exum; Martinez and a later state review said she was driving away.
Role at the time: Person shot by Charles Exum
Statement summary
Martinez said Exum caused the collision and shot her while she was driving away.
“The Agent swerved into me. The Agent shot me as I drove away from him.”
Her account directly rejects self-defense and portrays the shooting as unjustified.
Statement dates: February 3, 2026
Statement dates: February 3, 2026
Statement dates: February 3, 2026
