Man fatally shot by federal officer in Houston was not ICE target, DHS says
Source: ABC News
The man fatally shot during a traffic stop by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Houston this week was seemingly not the original target of the immigration enforcement operation, a Department of Homeland Security official told ABC News.
The DHS official said Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national, "resembled the target."
"After receiving a credible tip from our law enforcement partners, our officers conducted surveillance on a target's address. Weeks prior to the incident, they noted two white vans at the property," the official said. "On July 7, officers were almost at the target's address when they observed a white van with an individual who resembled the target. Officers then initiated the vehicle stop."
The Harris County Medical Examiner has listed Lorenzo Salgado's death as a homicide. The primary cause of death was "penetrating gunshot wound of the torso," according to the office.
Read more: https://abcnews.com/US/ice-officers-wearing-body-cameras-deadly-houston-ice/story?id=134628571
Whip-poor-will
(706 posts)If we're in your town we can/will gun you down then you can guess who shot you.
MIButterfly
(3,655 posts)He "resembled the target"? A human being is not a target; ICE wasn't at any kind of shooting range. Damn right it's a homicide.
What the hell is this? Oops, my bad?
Every single day, I've almost come to expect a new outrage, but this is way beyond outrageous. This is murder. Let's see if this murderer gets protection and a GoFundMe like that other murdering ICE asshole who killed Renee Goode did.
mahatmakanejeeves
(71,859 posts)Bengus81
(10,716 posts)70sEraVet
(5,802 posts)Wonder Why
(7,561 posts)usonian
(27,480 posts)Igel
(37,735 posts)Araujo was not the target.
However, they said that the target was one of the 3 passengers in the vehicle. And all 3 have been detained.