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WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly released records show a U.S. citizen was shot and killed in Texas by a federal immigration agent last year during a late-night traffic encounter that was not publicly disclosed by the Department of Homeland Security.
On Friday, DHS said the shooting on South Padre Island last March occurred after the driver intentionally struck an agent.
The records are part of a tranche of heavily redacted internal documents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement that the nonprofit obtained as part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.
The report says the Texas Rangers responded to the shooting scene and took the lead as the primary agency investigating the shooting.
Reyes said she first learned her son had been shot by a federal agent, rather than a local police officer, about a week after he was killed.
Over the last year, however, officers from across multiple federal agencies have been reassigned to prioritize immigration enforcement. »