HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said that prosecutors intend to bring several witnesses in the deadly shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by an ICE agent before a grand jury “fairly soon.”<\/p>\n
Teare’s announcement was posted on X on Thursday afternoon by Rafael Lemaitre, the Director of Strategic Communications and Policy with the DA’s office.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, the second man who witnessed the fatal shooting of Salgado Araujo by an ICE agent<\/a> was released from custody, according to his attorney.<\/p>\n On Tuesday, a federal judge ordered that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security release Daniel Tirado Pantoja<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pantoja is the second of three witnesses to Araujo’s shooting death to be ordered to be released by a federal judge. In July, a federal order released Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego from ICE detention.<\/p>\n Pantoja and Rojas Pliego were passengers in Araujo’s van when ICE officers began following the vehicle before fatally shooting him.<\/p>\n RELATED STORIES:<\/p>\n Lorenzo Salgado Araujo shot and killed by ICE agent in Houston, authorities confirm: Live updates<\/a><\/p>\n