Man fatally shot by ICE in Houston was not intended target, DHS says
•Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was fatally shot by ICE agents in Houston, but he was not the intended target.
•The Department of Homeland Security stated the stop was initiated based on a mistaken identity during an operation.
•Salgado had no criminal record and was close to obtaining a work permit when the incident occurred.
Man fatally shot by ICE in Houston was not intended target, DHS saysImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, A family member holds an image of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was fatally shot in Houston on TuesdayPublished1 minute agoA man who was fatally shot by immigration agents at a traffic stop in Houston on Tuesday was not the intended target, US officials say.Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national, was stopped at 7am while driving to work and was killed shortly afterwards.The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Thursday the stop was initiated because they saw "a white van with an individual who resembled the target" of an operation. They have claimed the officer shot in self-defence.The agents involved in the shooting were not wearing body cameras and officials have not released any images or videos related to it.To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, Watch: Houston community comes together after fatal ICE shootingA DHS spokesperson said in a statement to the BBC's US partner, CBS News that half its field officers are now equipped with body cameras and the other half are expected to receive them in the next 60 days. Salgado, 52, had been working as a builder for three decades in the Houston area after coming to the US as an undocumented migrant, his family said. They said he had no criminal record and was close to obtaining a work permit. He was driving himself and three co-workers to a site when the incident took place, they added. In an earlier statement , externalon Tuesday, DHS, which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), said agents had "attempted to conduct a vehicle stop as part of a targeted enforcement operation to arrest an illegal alien".It alleged Salgado "attempted to evade arrest" and rammed an ICE vehicle and the officer "fired his weapon in self-defence". He was taken to hospital, where he died of his injur...المصدر: BBC US & Trump News | Source: BBC US & Trump News
→Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was fatally shot by ICE agents in Houston, but he was not the intended target.
→The Department of Homeland Security stated the stop was initiated based on a mistaken identity during an operation.
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