Overview
- An ICE officer shot and later killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a vehicle stop in Houston on Tuesday, July 7, when agents were attempting a targeted immigration arrest.
- DHS and ICE say Salgado rammed an agency vehicle, ignored commands and used his car as a weapon, prompting an officer to fire in what the agency calls self‑defense.
- The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General is reviewing the shooting and the FBI’s Houston field office is investigating a possible assault on a federal officer.
- Salgado’s family and witnesses say he was a longtime construction worker driving a crew to a job site and had no criminal convictions, and they are demanding all video and evidence be made public.
- The case has drawn protests, a response from Mexican officials and renewed scrutiny of ICE tactics as advocacy groups point to a recent rise in federal enforcement and several disputed deadly encounters.