Six Days, No Name: Houston's DA Says Federal Agencies Have Not Released Name of Salgado Araujo's Shooter

Sean Teare (R), Harris County District Attorney, speaks alongside US Representative Slyvia Garcia (C), Democrat from Texas, and attorney Hugo Balderas-Ibarra (L) during a news conference to discuss the case of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, in Houston, Texas, on July 10, 2026. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Houston, Texas, early on July 7, marking the first fatal shooting involving US immigration officers since two January killings in the northern city of Minneapolis that drew national headlines. (Credit: Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP via Getty Images)

HOUSTON — The prosecutor responsible for the largest county in Texas says the federal government has not released the single fact every homicide investigation begins with: the name of the person who pulled the trigger.