Texas DA says substances found after fatal ICE shooting were not drugs

The substance that investigators discovered in the vehicle of the man fatally shot by immigration agents in Houston earlier this month was determined not to be illegal drugs, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office said on Friday. 

“We can confirm the substance found in Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s van tested negative for narcotics/ illicit drugs,” the office said in a statement shared on social media. 

The office said that it will hold off on further comment during this “pending” investigation and that Salgado Araujo’s family has been notified of this development. 

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and killed the 51-year-old father of three during a vehicle stop on July 7. Federal authorities said that Salgado Araujo “weaponized” his vehicle against the officer — a claim that has been disputed by the other people who........

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