The New York Times, citing “affidavits filed by investigators,” reported the group was walking around 7 p.m. Jeanette Harper, an FBI special agent in El Paso, confirmed the agency had provided resources to Texas Rangers for an evidence recovery scene but deferred further comment to DPS as it was the leading investigative authority. The wounded individual, identified by DPS only as a female, was taken to Del Sol Hospital in El Paso, where she was recovering. Sheppard began working as a warden in 2015 at the West Texas facility, which has been the subject of several allegations of violence against immigrants, according to The Intercept.Ī county court clerk in El Paso said there were no documents available yet because the men were recently booked. The San Antonio Express-News reported that Mike Sheppard was the warden of the West Texas Detention Center, run by the Louisiana-based LaSalle Corrections, a company that operates jails, prisons and immigration detention centers.
They were identified as Mike Thomas Sheppard and Mark Edward Sheppard, both 60. Two brothers were arrested in connection to the shooting that occurred Tuesday on FM 1111 in Hudspeth County, approximately four miles south of Sierra Blanca, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. One of the alleged shooters is reportedly a warden for a privately run immigration detention center. Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.ĮL PASO - Two men shot two migrants, killing one and injuring another, earlier this week while the two victims stood along a West Texas road getting water, authorities said.
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