Sons say they learned father was killed by ICE through video, news reports
Ronaldo Salgado said he learned his father, 52-year-old Mexican immigrant Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, had been shot by an ICE officer in Houston last week through a video posted online that depicted him "screaming" for help.
"He was actively bleeding. He was screaming for someone to help him," Ronaldo Salgado told CBS News during an interview in Houston this week. "I just felt a lot of fear at that point. And I was running around the site trying to look for answers but those answers never came."
His younger brother, Lorenzo Salgado Jr., said he found out his father had died while on an airplane on the way to Houston to try to see him.
"Maybe an hour into the flight, I opened the same article that reported that the person had been shot," Lorenzo Jr. recounted. Then, he added, "the article updated to read, 'shot, killed.'"
"I was going back and forth between the bathroom to like clear my nose," Lorenzo Salgado Jr. said. "And I really tried to stop the tears from falling because I didn't want anyone's attention. I really just wanted to get home and be with my family."
Lorenzo Salgado Jr. noted he was not able to say goodbye to his father, who had lived in the U.S. for over three decades.