HOUSTON – Community members are invited together in Houston on Thursday evening to honor the life of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the 52-year-old man who was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation.<\/p>\n
A public viewing has been scheduled to give the community a chance to pay their respects while supporting the family mourning a sudden<\/p>\n
Public viewing details <\/p>\n
The public viewing is scheduled for Thursday, July 16, from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Great Chapel at Forest Park Lawndale on Lawndale Street in Houston.<\/p>\n
There may be a rosary service that will take place during the viewing.<\/p>\n
Guests are asked to wear any shade of blue to the service, but it is completely optional.<\/p>\n
LULAC Council states the family has asked that attendees not take any photos or videos during the viewing, and please leave your phones in your car.<\/p>\n
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo <\/p>\n
The backstory:<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, July 7, in Houston’s East End on Canal Street, Salgado Araujo was shot and killed by an ICE officer around 7 a.m.<\/p>\n
Araujo was shot in the abdomen, according to the Houston Fire Department. He was taken to Ben Taub Hospital where he was later pronounced dead from his injuries.<\/p>\n
According to ICE, Salgado Araujo did not have legal permission to be in the United States, rammed an ICE vehicle, ignored verbal commands and attempted to run over an officer.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia was reportedly told by ICE that Lorenzo and his brother were not the intended targets.\u00a0<\/p>\n
During a news conference in Houston on Wednesday, Gov. Greg Abbott promised that the Texas Rangers would investigate alongside federal officials. When pressed, Abbott said it would be an independent investigation.<\/p>\n
“Anytime the Texas Rangers are involved, they work independently,” Abbott told reporters. “They\u2019re well known, not just in the state of Texas, but elsewhere, for their independence when conducting investigations.”<\/p>\n
The Source: Information provided by LULAC Council-Sixty on Facebook and previous FOX 26 reports.<\/p>\n
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