ficer stand behind a car and fire his Glock service weapon through the rear passenger window at a young woman who's crouched over the steering wheel?  Parente said.

CBP said in a statement to The Associated Press in response to the suit that Exum had been placed on administrative leave. Use-of-force incidents are  thoroughly investigated, reviewed, and presented  to an independent board, it added.

Exum is not a defendant in the lawsuit against the federal government, which was filed under the Federal Tort Claims Act and does not allow for lawsuits against individual agents. It was not known where Exum could be reached.

Body-worn camera footage from another agent in Exum's vehicle before the shooting captured the agents saying it was  time to get aggressive  and making other profanity-laced comments encouraging violence, according to the complaint.

Martinez taken from hospital with bullet holes  leaking blood,' suit says

The FBI arrested Martinez, taking her out of the hospital just hours after the shooting when she was  wheelchair bound and her bullet holes were leaking blood through her bandages,  according to the lawsuit. A judge ordered her release two days after her arrest.

Messages released by Martinez' attorneys in February showed that former head of Border Patrol Greg Bovino had praised Exum for his  excellent service in Chicago  after the shooting. Other messages they released showed agents in a group chat congratulating Exum and calling him a  legend. 

Martinez was one several people shot in their cars by federal agents during President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. An immigration agent shot a Venezuelan delivery driver in his car in Austin, Texas, last month, and another shot a Colombian driver in Biddeford, Maine, in July. The Trump administration has at times justified such shootings as self-defense against people allegedly weaponizing their vehicles.

Martinez appeared with her attorneys at a news conference Monday, saying the various shootings spurred her to file suit.

 If I don't, then who else, you know? Look at what happened to Renee and all these victims,  she said, referring to Renee Good, a woman shot dead in her vehicle by a federal agent in Minneapolis in January.

 What's happening is not normal. We shouldn't stay here and normalize what's happening,  she said.

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Mayes-Osterman is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.