Overview
- Newsweek identified the shooter as HSI Agent Jack Stevens based on a South Padre Island police report obtained through a public information request.
- Cameron County prosecutors said a grand jury returned a no bill after the case was presented, and ICE said jurors unanimously found no criminality.
- DHS says Ruben Ray Martinez struck an agent and another fired defensive shots, while passenger Joshua Orta’s draft declaration disputed that before he died in a car crash days earlier.
- The Texas Rangers’ investigation remains open, and lawmakers have called for public hearings and the release of any body-camera footage and full findings.
- Records reviewed by Newsweek show autopsy and toxicology results indicating multiple gunshot wounds and a blood-alcohol level above the legal limit, and ICE’s involvement only came to light through an American Oversight FOIA release.