The driver leaned against the truck’s hood and fired twice at the group of migrants before turning back and driving away, according to the affidavit.
A shot hit one of the migrants in the head, killing him; Another shot hit a migrant woman in the stomach, the official said. She was taken to the hospital, where she is recovering, according to a statement from the Texas Department of Public Safety, which is investigating the incident.
The truck was tracked by investigators, working with the US Border Patrol, to a home in Sierra Blanca, the official said.
“We all responded,” said First Deputy Sheriff Lasaro Salgado of the Hudspeth County Sheriff’s Office, describing the night of the shooting. “We have entrusted the investigation to Rangers.”
The deputy minister said that the Texas Rangers arrested the Sheppards, both 60 years old.
In their interview with police, summarized in the affidavit, the two men said they were out looking for animals to shoot, first telling investigators they were looking for ducks, then ducks. birds and finally jaguars, common pig-like animals. to the arid regions of West Texas.
Mark Sheppard said they stopped the truck because they believed they had spotted a javelin, according to the affidavit, and he said his brother got out of the truck with a shotgun and fired twice. . According to the affidavit, neither of them went to check to see if they had a collision.
He denied to police that either of the men shouted anything before the shooting, according to the affidavit, and that the men then left to attend a meeting of his water supply board. district.
