Aaron Reitz declines to draw a final conclusion on the shooting
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas
“I want to reiterate: This assessment is based on preliminary information given to my office. We draw no decisive conclusions and believe federal law enforcement will conduct a thorough investigation.”
Source and context
Official statement
About this source
Official preliminary federal reconstruction. Reitz expressly reserved judgment and said the account was not a final conclusion.
Before the quotation
Reitz described preliminary information indicating that the van shifted from reverse to forward while an officer was partly inside or immediately beside it and that an officer then fired one shot.
After the quotation
He said his office was seeking the truth and urged the public to give the FBI and DHS an opportunity to complete their investigations.
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Case context: Was ICE justified in fatally shooting Lorenzo Salgado Araujo?
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Why this label?
Relative to whether the fatal use of force was justified, Reitz expressly states that his office draws no decisive conclusion. His preliminary reconstruction supplies context but does not replace that explicit refusal to reach a final judgment.
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