BBC article about the Mar 15 2025 ICE killing of Ruben Ray Martinez, age 23, South Padre Island TX.
Gunfire rings out in the nighttime footage when Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, pulls his car forwards as law enforcement try to stop him on 15 March 2025 in the beach community of South Padre Island.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) did not publicly disclose an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer killed Martinez until the detail emerged in media last month.
DHS have said Martinez "accelerated forward" and "intentionally ran over" an agent, causing another agent to fire "defensive shots".
Martinez is believed to be the first of three US citizens who have been fatally shot by federal immigration agents during President Donald Trump's second term.
But unlike in the other two cases, Martinez was not protesting - he was driving by the scene of a road accident where ICE officers were helping to direct traffic.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cedzep6gp07oCBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mom-ruben-ray-martinez-killed-by-ice-texas/Texas Tribune:
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/20/texas-ice-fatal-shooting-south-padre-island/Congressman Joaquin Castro
https://castro.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-castro-demands-full-disclosure-from-ice-and-texas-dps-regarding-fatal-shooting-of-us-citizen-ruben-ray-martinez'How Many Other Killings Are They Concealing?'
