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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michael Biesecker,Rebecca Boone and Jack Brook

New Texas law enforcement footage raises more questions about DHS story on shooting of American citizen

Stevens said he fired to protect his fellow agents, police officers and the public from what he feared was a potential terrorist attack intended to cause mass casualties. - (Officer Miguel Leal/Texas Department of Public Safety via AP)

Newly released footage showing the fatal shooting of a man by a federal immigration agent in Texas last year calls into question assertions by the Department of Homeland Security that a driver intentionally rammed an agent with his car immediately before he was killed.

The videos, including from officer body cameras, offer the first visual account of the shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, during a beach trip last year. Hours of footage and other law enforcement records were released Friday following a public records request from The Associated Press and other news outlets.

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