An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and killed a Mexican immigrant lacking legal status who allegedly became aggressive when he was about to be detained in Houston, Texas.

According to a statement issued by the agency, the incident occurred around 7 a.m. during an attempted arrest at a traffic stop.

Presumably, the subject identified as Lorenzo Salgado Araujo refused to cooperate with the authorities during an immigration control operation and, aware that he was in US territory in an irregular situation, refused to stop to make himself available.

Instead, he engaged in violent behavior that put the integrity of a federal agent at risk.

“According to the information we are receiving, he rammed an ICE police vehicle, refused to obey multiple verbal commands, and used his vehicle as a weapon in an attempt to run over an ICE agent, causing our agent to fire his weapon in self-defense,” part of the letter states.

The immigrant died minutes later without being able to receive medical attention and his death reminded Renee Good and Alex Pretti, two Americans who were also shot by ICE agents in separate incidents that occurred in Minneapolis earlier this year.

In order to clarify the death of Salgado Araujo, the office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Houston is separately investigating “the possible assault on a federal law enforcement agent.”

Sylvia García, Democratic congresswoman from Texas, asked through a publication on social networks to preserve all the recordings and other evidence to review them carefully before issuing an official version of what happened in one of the districts she represents.

Juan Proaño, executive director of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), indicated in another letter that the dead immigrant was in the process of obtaining legal status in the United States.

In order to clarify the facts, the Hispanic civil rights organization announced a reward of $5,000 for anyone who provides information about the case.