Lorenzo Salgado Araujo shot and killed by ICE agent in Houston, authorities confirm: Live updates

The man fatally shot during a traffic stop by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Houston this week was 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 update from DHS comes as Salgado's family and local officials are pushing for answers and demanding an independent and transparent investigation into the incident.

Read the full report here.

Surveillance video is helping to paint a clearer picture of what happened in the moments leading to Tuesday's deadly ICE shooting.

A home surveillance video clip posted online by Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's family shows him leaving his house at 5:54 a.m. and getting into his white work van.

Multiple videos Eyewitness News obtained show the van speeding south on Wayside at 6:46 a.m. before turning east onto Canal Street.

Two unmarked SUVs can be seen pursuing the van.

Read the full report on the clearer picture emerging from the moments leading to deadly ICE shooting in Houston's Magnolia Park here.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were not wearing body-worn cameras during the deadly ICE shooting of a Mexican national during an operation in Houston this week, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

The officers were "not issued" body-worn cameras, according to a DHS spokesperson, who pointed to two partial government shutdowns -- one in the fall of 2025 and the other one earlier this year -- for the delay in issuing them to ICE law enforcement officers.

Read DHS' statement here.

In the days following the deadly shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, his family has called for an independent investigation into the case and said they have not heard anything from DHS or ICE.

In the days following the shooting, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's family has called for an independent investigation into the case and said they have not heard anything from the Department of Homeland Security or ICE.

"They haven't sent anyone to speak to myself or my family, no contact at all. We still don't have any answers. All we have to go for is their statement that they released. There has been no communication between us and our DHS," Salgado Araujo's son, Ronaldo Salgado, said in an interview with ABC News' John Quiñones.

During the emotional interview, Ronaldo and his brother, Lorenzo Salgado Jr., added that their home is now empty, and they are left without answers. Ronaldo said he has seen the video of the vehicles chasing the van and that his father did not know the unmarked vehicles were ICE agents, but believes he was more concerned about his tools and workers, as the work van has been stolen in the past.

"One of my dad's biggest fears was for his work van and tools to be stolen. In the past, it has happened before that his work van was stolen, and he never got those tools back. He got his van, but no tools. So ever since then, he's been cautious about where he leaves his van, where he drives, who's around him," Ronaldo said.

See Quiñones' interview with Salgado here.