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

Records obtained by ABC13 allege that DPS tipped off ICE before the deadly shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. DPS said the document is "incorrect."

New publicly available documents reveal what federal ICE agents said happened the morning of July's fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.

On July 7, a federal agent opened fire on the white van that Salgado Araujo was driving, killing him. Three other people in the white van were detained. After the shooting, ICE reported that Salgado Araujo was not the target of the enforcement operation that was being carried out.

ABC13's Daniela Hurtado went to the federal courthouse and obtained physical copies of the documents from the clerk's public document portal.

ABC13's Joe McCoy spoke to lawyers representing a man involved in the fatal ICE shooting.

Records obtained by ABC13 allege that DPS tipped off ICE before the deadly shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. DPS said the document is "incorrect."

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Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said that prosecutors intend to bring several witnesses in the deadly shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by an ICE agent before a grand jury "fairly soon."

On Thursday afternoon, Teare's announcement comes from a social post on X, formerly known as Twitter, from Rafael Lemaitre, the Director of Strategic Communications and Policy with the Harris County District Attorney's Office.

On Wednesday, the second man who witnessed the fatal shooting of Salgado Araujo by an ICE agent was released from custody, according to his attorney.

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A federal judge has ordered that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security release from custody the second of three witnesses to the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, court records show.

In court documents filed Monday, Daniel Tirado Pantoja must be released from custody within 48 hours of the order. According to the order, authorities must release Pantoja in a public space in the Southern District of Texas, and his lawyers must be given three hours' notice of his release.

This marks the second witness to the deadly shooting in Houston's East End ordered to be released by a federal judge. In July, Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego was released from ICE detention after a federal judge's order. Both Pantoja and Rojas Pliego were passengers in Salgado Araujo's van when ICE officers began following the vehicle before shooting and killing him.

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Harris County commissioners made available $2.5 million in taxpayer dollars for the District Attorney's office to continue an investigation into a deadly shooting involving ICE in Houston.

Commissioners approved the funding in a unanimous vote on Thursday.

At a news conference before the vote, District Attorney Sean Teare did not immediately disclose exactly what the money would be used for. Teare said the funds may go toward anything the independent investigation needs, which may include hiring more full-time personnel, overtime pay, or seeking outside counsel, if needed.

Teare said the money will be spread over the next three years, although it may not take that long to determine whether charges will be filed.

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