A federal agent who shot a Chicago woman multiple times after he said she struck his vehicle with her own bragged about his shooting skills in text messages with other agents, according to records presented Wednesday at a hearing in the case against the woman.
Records presented at the hearing showed that in a group Signal chat with other agents, which Exum described as a support group, he wrote in part: "I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.”
In a message to another recipient, Exum sent a news article about the event followed by the message: “Read it. 5 shots, 7 holes.”
Is the “5 shots, 7 holes” supposed to be some kind of attempted sexual innuendo? Or is it literal, like only two of the bullets had exit wounds?
Multiple ‘agents’ fired, only 7 bullets struck target; this guy is claiming 5/7 were his bullets so everyone else can’t aim.
One or two bullets may have exited the torso then into an arm or vice-versa, it happens. He is most likely being literal. “I shot her so good I got more hits than I fired shots.”
If they were defensive wounds it would likely have been vice-versa.
I thought reading it as anything other than sexual innuendo is a stretch. How would he know how many exited. I also imagine the same kind of person who would shoot someone unarmed 7 times and brag about it is also the kind of psychopath who would try to make an ill-attempted sexual innuendo about it.
I just wouldn’t rule it out and I don’t think he deserves the benefit of the doubt here.