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A Houston woman who was changeable by FBI agents aft allegedly threatening them pinch a machete is facing national charges, nan U.S. Attorney's Office successful nan Southern District of Texas announced connected Friday.
Jennifer Jesselle Perez-Rodriguez, 28, was taken into custody and charged pinch assaulting a rule enforcement serviceman successful relationship pinch nan incident connected April 17.
Agents were driving down Anderson Road successful unmarked cars erstwhile Perez-Rodriguez allegedly walked into nan roadway holding a machete, according to a criminal complaint. The female past began swinging nan machete and moved towards 2 of nan vehicles.
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Jennifer Jesselle Perez-Rodriguez, 28, was charged pinch assaulting a rule enforcement officer. (iStock)
The agents activated a siren connected 1 of nan cars arsenic Perez-Rodriguez started to tally towards them, nan title alleges. One supplier opened a car doorway and instructed her to driblet nan machete, which she refused to do.
As Perez-Rodriguez grounded to travel orders, nan supplier pulled retired his weapon and began shooting her until she was nary longer a threat, nan title says. She was transported to a infirmary pinch wounds from nan gunfire.
Perez-Rodriguez was taken into custody successful relationship pinch nan April 17 incident. (Getty Images)
If convicted, Perez-Rodriguez faces up to 20 years successful federal prison and a imaginable good of up to $250,000.
According to witnesses, Perez-Rodriguez had been brutally attacked by astatine slightest 4 group earlier she went to drawback her machete and started searching for her attackers, astatine which constituent she encountered federal agents.
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If convicted, Perez-Rodriguez faces up to 20 years successful national situation and a imaginable good of up to $250,000. (Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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"I saw erstwhile nan female went wrong nan store, and she supposedly had a container pinch a machete inside," 1 witnesser told Fox 26. "She came backmost outside, but they were nary longer there. So she went retired to nan roadworthy pinch nan machete."
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