ICE agents in fatal Houston shooting were not wearing body cameras, sources say

ICE opens fire after suspect tries to ram officer, agency says. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents involved in this week's fatal shooting of an illegal immigrant in Houston were not wearing body cameras, multiple sources familiar with the investigation told Fox News. The incident is being investigated by the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General, while prosecutors in Houston are conducting a separate investigation into the shooting. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican citizen who authorities said was in the country illegally, was shot and killed Tuesday after he allegedly tried to ram an ICE officer with his vehicle, the agency said. Multiple Democrats have called for an independent investigation into the incident. "Every single ICE agent involved in the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo must be investigated to the full extent of the law," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wrote on X. "Video footage of the killing must be released immediately. The American people deserve the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth." Asked whether the officers involved were wearing body cameras, the Department of Homeland Security directed Fox News to ICE's previous statement regarding the shooting, in which the agency accused Araujo of attempting to evade arrest. ICE previously told Fox News Digital that Araujo "rammed an ICE law enforcement vehicle, refused to follow multiple verbal commands and weaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run over an ICE law enforcement officer, resulting in our officer firing his weapon in self-defense." Araujo's family has disputed ICE's account of the shooting and called on the agency to release any available video evidence.