HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Sources confirm at least three people have now gone before a Harris County grand jury to determine if a crime was committed in the shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo earlier this year.
Sources say on Wednesday, Daniel Tirado Pantoja, one of three men who was in Salgado’s van when the shooting happened, gave his account.
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According to family, Salgado was driving a white van with three other men inside on their way to work on July 7th, when ICE agents began pursuing the vehicle.
Video evidence of what exactly happened in the moments those shots were fired has yet to be released, but the Department of Homeland Security claims Salgado weaponized his vehicle.
DHS has since confirmed that Salgado was not the intended target of their operation that day.
After the shooting, Tirado was held in ICE custody for more than a month and has since been released.
The DA’s office asked the federal government not to deport him and other witnesses, so they could participate in the investigation.
What happened inside a grand jury is confidential by law. While ABC13 doesn’t know what he told the grand jury on Wednesday, Tirado and those other witnesses have previously disputed what ICE has said publicly about what led up to the shooting.
“We want justice to be done for Lorenzo, so we are happy to cooperate,” one of Tirado’s attorneys, Joaquin Gonzalez, said.
Gonzalez didn’t answer many questions, citing the proceedings’ confidentiality. What he could tell Eyewitness News is that they are cooperating with the investigation and that his client is using this time to be with family.
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