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
(700 posts)If we're in your town we can/will gun you down then you can guess who shot you.
MIButterfly
(3,653 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.