This 2017 photo from a prior arrest provided by the Chicago Police Department, shows Ernesto Godinez. Federal authorities charged Godinez Tuesday, May 8, 2018 in the shooting of an ATF agent in Chicago last week. Godinez, made a brief appearance Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Chicago to hear the charges against him. A complaint charges him with forcible assault of a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent in the Friday shooting. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison. (Chicago Police Department via AP)
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CHICAGO (AP) - A federal agent who was shot and wounded by a purported street-gang member in Chicago has been released from the hospital.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on Wednesday announced the update on Twitter . The ATF agent, whose name hasn't been released, was shot once in the face Friday and is expected to make a full recovery.
Ernesto "Ernie" Godinez, who is listed by police as a gang member, is charged with forcible assault. Charging documents say he opened fire as authorities conducted a middle-of-the-night "covert" operation to fit a tracking device on a vehicle in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side.
Godinez was arrested Monday night. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison. More charges could be added later.
FILE - In this May 4, 2018 file photo Police from various agencies investigate the scene where a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent was shot, May 4, 2018, in Chicago. A law enforcement official says a suspect has been arrested in the shooting. The official says Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents arrested the man in Chicago on Monday May 7, 2018. A federal court hearing is scheduled for Tuesday morning. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford File)
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FILE - In this May 4, 2018 file photo Police from various agencies investigate the scene where a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent was shot, May 4, 2018, in Chicago. A law enforcement official says a suspect has been arrested in the shooting. The official says Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents arrested the man in Chicago on Monday May 7, 2018. A federal court hearing is scheduled for Tuesday morning. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford File)
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