Brady criticizes Salgado Araujo's fatal shooting
Brady: United Against Gun ViolenceGun violence prevention organization, statement delivered by President Kris Brown
Brady President Kris Brown called the deaths of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, including his shooting in Houston, Texas, and Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero senseless and blamed the administration's approach to armed immigration enforcement.
“The senseless shooting deaths of these two beloved fathers are the tragic outcome of the administration's 'guns-everywhere' approach and 'shoot-first' mentality”
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Was ICE justified in fatally shooting Lorenzo Salgado Araujo?
On July 7, 2026, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot Houston construction contractor Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during an attempted vehicle stop. ICE said the officer fired in self-defense after Salgado Araujo tried to run over an officer with his van. Passengers said no officer was in the van’s path and that Salgado Araujo had stopped before the shot. A later Justice Department account described possible vehicle movement with an officer beside or partly inside the van but expressly reserved any final conclusion.
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Brady published President Kris Brown's criticism of the fatal shootings of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero.
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The statement names both men and describes the families they left behind.
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Brown calls for limits and accountability in federal immigration enforcement.
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The reference point is whether ICE was justified in fatally shooting Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Brown called his death and Durán Guerrero's senseless and the tragic outcome of the administration's approach, which rejects the use of deadly force. That fits Condemned. The closest competing label is Challenged the characterization, which would fit a dispute over ICE's account without rejecting the shooting.
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