An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent on Tuesday fatally shot a man in Houston early Tuesday after he allegedly tried to run over the agent, according to the federal agency.
Federal agents were conducting a vehicle stop as part of a targeted enforcement operation just before 7 a.m. when Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who ICE identified as an unlawful immigrant from Mexico, attempted to evade arrest, according to an ICE statement.
He then allegedly attempted to ram an ICE vehicle, refused to follow multiple verbal commands and tried to run over the ICE agent, the statement said. ICE said the agent fired his weapon in self-defense.
The Houston Fire Department said in a statement that its responders were dispatched to the shooting at 6:51 a.m. and found the man with a gunshot wound to his abdomen.