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Dozens of members of the Magnolia Park community met with local leaders not far from where Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed earlier this month by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.
Salgado's death - and the ensuing investigation - was on the minds of many Wednesday night at the Magnolia Multi-Service Center.
Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare told the more than 40 in attendance that his office has access to Salgado's van as part of its investigation. He added that his office has received more clarity and access to information from the FBI and Department of Homeland Security after the Texas Rangers announced it would start its own investigation.
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The monthly Super Neighborhood meeting was calm, free of disruptions and protests similar to what happened Tuesday at Houston City Council. As Teare gave updates on the investigation, residents asked questions about the Houston Police Department's involvement with ICE, whether the shooting fell under Harris County law enforcement's jurisdiction and how the District Attorney's office was looking into the matter.
Teare also said his office has obtained all surveillance footage that may have captured the shooting and has interviewed one of the three men who were inside Salgado's van. All three witnesses are now detained at an ICE facility in Conroe.
Teare said his office is waiting on lab results to identify a substance found in Salgado's van that an FBI agent called "consistent with methamphetamine." A lawyer for one of the witnesses has disputed that claim and said the substance was salt.
He also told residents that the unsealing of the FBI warrant to search Salgado's van was something he's "never seen." Federal search warrants out of the Southern District of Texas are usually unavailable for public viewing so early in an investigation.
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"This one, a warrant that wasn't even needed, was written and unsealed the same day it got signed," Teare said. "In an attempt to drag a good man's name through the mud and change the narrative."
The district attorney said his office has not yet identified the ICE agent who shot Salgado.
"I wish I could say more," Teare said.
Houston City Councilmember Alejandra Salinas and state Sen. Carol Alvarado also met with residents at the meeting.
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