s weapon, a week after the deadly shooting.

 We have not received a single name of an ICE agent from ICE that was involved in that shooting, which is I can't even begin to tell you how strange that is,  Teare added.  Even in non-fatal shootings with federal partners, we know the name of the individual that was involved that day. 

Citing his long career in law enforcement, including at the Houston police academy, Teare said ICE's tactics  in no way resemble  the actions and training of the law enforcement agencies he's worked for.

 It appears from everything we've seen that either these agents are completely untrained, or intentionally putting themselves in situations where they can justify firing into cars,  he added.

On Monday, following the fallout from the deadly shootings in Houston and Maine, ICE prohibited deportation agents from making vehicle stops in most cases, a pause that is expected to remain in place until further guidance is issued.

Teare said his office has also filed paperwork to help the witnesses of last week's fatal shooting get visas so they're not deported while the investigation unfolds. The men, who were in the van that Salgado Araujo was driving when he was fatally shot, remain in ICE custody in Texas and are facing deportation. They include Salgado Araujo's brother.

Teare said that process could allow them to get U visas, which would protect them from deportation if they're classified as victims of crimes who assisted a law enforcement investigation.

 They're the three eyewitnesses to this shooting,  Teare said.  There are not many things that are more important in this investigation than their recollections. 

Juan Proaño, CEO of the League of United Latin American Citizens, which has been helping Salgado Araujo's family, urged federal officials to commit to not deporting the witnesses.

 Lorenzo Salgado Araujo deserves a full and independent investigation,  Proaño said in a statement.  That investigation is impossible if the people who watched him die are gone.