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

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Last updated: Friday, July 10, 2026 5:10PM GMT
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Several investigations are underway after an ICE agent fatally shot a man in Houston's Magnolia Park on Tuesday morning, authorities said.

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, was a Mexican national who allegedly attempted to evade arrest, rammed his car into a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicle, and refused commands to stop, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

The agency also said Salgado Araujo tried to run over an agent, leading to the officer firing his weapon in what ICE claims is self-defense. ICE states that Salgado Araujo was hit and was taken to the hospital, where he died.

Salgado Araujo's family disputes DHS's claims and said that if the father of three U.S. citizens had known the men in the unmarked vehicles were ICE officers, he would have fully complied.

Eyewitness News is bringing you live updates as this story develops.

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1 hour and 13 minutes ago

HPD to provide resources to federal investigation into ICE shooting at request of mayor: PD chief

The Houston Police Department announced on Friday morning that it will provide resources to the federal investigation into the deadly shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo involving an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.

In open letters to both the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (DHS-OIG) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Houston Division, Houston Police Chief Noe Diaz announced that HPD will make "all appropriate resources available to support" the agencies to ensure their investigation is "conducted in a timely, transparent, and thorough manner."

Diaz said this action comes at the direction of Houston Mayor John Whitmire. The announcement comes days after Whitmire said that the City of Houston was "monitoring" the situation "very carefully," but will not be involved.

Read the full report here.

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2 hours and 25 minutes ago

Rep. Sylvia Garcia, Harris County DA to give latest update in deadly ICE shooting

ABC13 is set to learn more about the investigation surrounding the death of Mexican national Lorenzo Salgado Araujo after authorities say he was shot and killed by an ICE agent earlier this week.

Rep. Sylvia Garcia and Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare are set to give the latest developments in the case Friday morning during a press conference scheduled for 11 a.m.

According to the Congresswoman Garcia's office, Hugo Baldera-Ybarra, the lawyer for the passengers who were in the vehicle with Araujo when he was fatally shot, will also be at the press briefing.

Garcia said she will brief reporters on her conversation with Acting ICE Director David Venturella.

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10:41 AM GMT

Man fatally shot by federal officer in Houston was not ICE target, DHS says

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."

Ronaldo Salgado and Lorenzo Jr., sons of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, hold a photograph of their father during a news conference Wednesday, July 8, 2026, in Houston.
Ronaldo Salgado and Lorenzo Jr., sons of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, hold a photograph of their father during a news conference Wednesday, July 8, 2026, in Houston.

"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.

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3:11 AM GMT

Clearer picture emerges of moments leading to deadly ICE shooting in Houston's Magnolia Park

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.