Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
The death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, shot to death on Tuesday in Houston by ICE agents, has formally been declared a homicide: https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2026/07/09/harris-county-medical-examiner-rules-death-of-lorenzo-salgado-araujo-a-homicide/
...Three eyewitnesses, including Salgado Araujo's brother, contradict ICE claims that Lorenzo threatened them with his vehicle: https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/10/us/salgado-araujo-houston-ice-shooting-wwk
...LULAC is warning that ICE is pressuring those witnesses, still in custody, to self-deport: https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/salgado-araujo-ice-agent-houston-witnesses-self-deport-b3012531.html
...Harris County Attorney Sean Teare is launching his own investigation - but thus far, federal authorities have not brought in the Texas Rangers, as they have in prior ICE shootings: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/houston-ice-shooting-rangers-22339336.php
...There will be a community vigil for Lorenzo on Saturday evening in south Austin: https://texasaflcio.org/events/austin-community-vigil-lorenzo-salgado-araujo
...There is a GoFundMe effort underway to support the family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-memory-of-lorenzo-salgado-araujo-52-years-old
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