In October, a Border Patrol agent shot a U.S. citizen accused of hitting his vehicle while trailing an immigration operation in Chicago. The Border Patrol agent then took to a work group chat to react to the news that he was being deployed to another city.

“Cool. I’m up for another round of ‘fuck around and find out,’” he said.

“Minneapolis is the next ‘round.’”

For the woman injured of that non-fatal shooting in October and her attorney, the shooting of another U.S. citizen in Minneapolis on Wednesday came as a bracing reminder of her experience. Once again, a motorist had been shot by a federal agent.

“Minneapolis is the next ‘round,’” said lawyer Christopher Parente, who represents Marimar Martinez, the woman shot in Chicago.

Parente said Wednesday he had watched video of the shooting in Minneapolis and spoken with his client about the eerie similarities to her shooting in Chicago, which left Martinez with seven wounds.

“We both said, ‘Of course this happened,’” Parente told The Intercept. “It is no surprise to either Marimar or myself that this happened, and unfortunately, it is going to continue to happen.”

The shooting in Minneapolis is the latest of a series involving agents from either U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or U.S. Customs and........

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