According to police, the maintenance worker told a group of people to leave the motel property. The group returned sometime later, confronted the worker, and shot him multiple times.
"He did not deserve to die," Ronaldo Salgado said of his father, Lorenzo Salgado, who was shot and killed by an ICE agent Tuesday.
Mayor John Whitmire shared his condolences and called the shooting a tragedy, adding that the city is "in touch with federal elected officials, insisting there's a transparent and independent investigation."
Jamarcus Oneal Spates, 30, is accused of assaulting his mother and taking her vehicle without her permission from the Fort Bend County area before he was shot by nine officers, according to court documents.
The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office has confirmed a vehicle stolen by a domestic violence suspect on Sunday was the car shot at by Houston police on Monday.
Deputies found the repairman shot to death after family members said they were worried when he didn't come home from work, according to the sheriff's office.