An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a Mexican national while he attempted to evade arrest in Houston on Tuesday, the agency said.
In a statement to CNN, an ICE spokesperson said agents tried to conduct a traffic stop and arrest Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was living in the US without legal permission. The agency claims Salgado Araujo refused to follow several verbal commands and rammed into one of its law enforcement vehicles.
Salgado Araujo “weaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run over an ICE law enforcement officer resulting in our officer firing his weapon in self-defense,” the statement said, adding that he was later transported to a hospital where he died from his injuries.
The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Inspector General is leading an investigation into the shooting, the statement said, noting that the FBI’s Houston field office is investigating a potential assault on a federal law enforcement officer.
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Salgado Araujo’s death has brought an outpouring of grief and calls for transparency, with activists and Texas Democratic lawmakers demanding all evidence from the scene be reviewed.
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Having been in the US for nearly 35 years, Salgado Araujo “was in the process of obtaining his work permit through the legal process,” his son said. “He was on his way to work, picking up his workers.”
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