Texas woman hit with federal charges after threatening FBI agents with machete

A Houston woman who was shot by FBI agents after allegedly threatening them with a machete is facing federal charges the U S Attorney's Office in the Southern District of Texas communicated on Friday Jennifer Jesselle Perez-Rodriguez was taken into custody and charged with assaulting a law enforcement officer in connection with the circumstance on April Agents were driving down Anderson Road in unmarked cars when Perez-Rodriguez allegedly walked into the roadway holding a machete according to a criminal complaint The woman then began swinging the machete and moved towards two of the vehicles TEXAS JURY RETURNS VERDICT IN STABBING DEATH OF HIGH SCHOOL CLASSMATE REPORTThe agents activated a siren on one of the cars as Perez-Rodriguez started to run towards them the complaint alleges One agent opened a car door and instructed her to drop the machete which she refused to do As Perez-Rodriguez failed to follow orders the agent pulled out his gun and began shooting her until she was no longer a threat the complaint says She was transported to a hospital with wounds from the gunfire If convicted Perez-Rodriguez faces up to years in federal prison and a doable fine of up to According to observers Perez-Rodriguez had been brutally attacked by at least four people before she went to grab her machete and started searching for her attackers at which point she encountered federal agents TEXAS MOM ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY BRINGING VODKA-SPIKED JELL-O SHOTS TO FIFTH GRADE SCHOOL PARTY I saw when the woman went inside the store and she supposedly had a bag with a machete inside one witness explained Fox She came back outside but they were no longer there So she went out to the road with the machete