HOUSTON – A man was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Houston on Tuesday morning, officials confirm.
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According to ICE, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national who was allegedly in the country illegally, was shot around 6:50 a.m. on Canal Street between S. Sgt. Macario Garcia Drive and Wayside Drive in the East End.
What they’re saying:
ICE says their officers were trying to conduct a vehicle stop “as part of a targeted enforcement operation to arrest an illegal alien.”
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ICE says Araujo, the driver, attempted to evade arrest.
“From information we are receiving, he rammed an ICE law enforcement vehicle, refused to follow multiple verbal commands, and weaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run over an ICE law enforcement officer resulting in our officer firing his weapon in self-defense,” ICE said in a statement.
Araujo was shot. ICE says, “emergency services were immediately contacted.”
Araujo was taken to the hospital, where he died from his injuries.
ICE says the FBI is leading the investigation.
“This is a developing situation, and we will update the public when more information is available,” ICE said in a statement.
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