Houston prosecutor "more than prepared" to bring charges against ICE agents if wrongdoing is found in fatal shooting

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CBS News

Updated on: July 15, 2026 / 6:12 AM EDT


Houston – The top prosecutor in the Houston area, Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare, told CBS News Tuesday his office is "more than prepared" to prosecute federal immigration agents if it finds criminal wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a Mexican immigrant last week.

Teare said his office is conducting an investigation into the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent on July 7, saying local investigators have issued "dozens" of subpoenas.

The county prosecutor said he launched an "independent, transparent investigation" of the shooting because the community deserved it. "As we go forward, and if the case and the evidence directs us that criminal wrongdoing occurred, we are more than prepared to file criminal charges against the people, regardless of whether or not they are federal agents or civilians," Teare said during an interview in his Houston office. "You can't come into our community, take someone's life, and then hide behind a badge."

Separately, Houston Police Chief J. Noe Diaz Jr. is asking the Texas Rangers to launch an independent investigation of the shooting, CBS Houston affiliate KHOU-TV reports.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/houston-prosecutor-ice-shooting-lorenzo-salgado-araujo-prepared-to-bring-charges/

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Good for him! Follow the law; that is the only way to proceed. ...n/t

[sakabatou]

2. Now watch as Dump goes on a tirade against Teare and CBS

wanting to sick his goons, his cult, and others against them as well.

[Ray Bruns]

3. That's going to be hard to do after the FBI destroys all the evidence.

[malthaussen]

4. Blah, blah, blah. "If wrongdoing is found." That's a get out of jail free card, right there.

If this were one citizen shooting another down in the street, the suspect would be behind bars right now on no bail -- or dead in a police shootout. Screw their "investigation."

-- Mal

[BumRushDaShow]

5. What doesn't make the national news

is all the millions in settlements that cities pay out for "hasty extra-judicial decisions" for many common citizens.

[BaronChocula]

6. It's come down to this

Yay, he's a Democrat at least so maybe this isn't smoke being blown. Chances are he'll try, as opposed to a republican simply wanting to give an appearance of concern as a CYA move.