Videos show US citizen's shooting death in Texas last year by federal immigration agent

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By MICHAEL BIESECKER, REBECCA BOONE and JACK BROOK
Updated 12:04 AM CST, March 7, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly released videos showing the fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by a federal immigration agent in Texas last year call into question assertions by the Department of Homeland Security that a driver intentionally rammed an agent with his car immediately before he was killed.

The videos, including from officer body cameras, offer the first visual account of the shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, during a beach trip last year. Hours of footage and other law enforcement records were released Friday following a public records request from The Associated Press and other news outlets.

Martinez’s death was the earliest of at least six fatal shootings by federal agents since President Donald Trump launched a nationwide immigration crackdown in his second term, and is among several cases in which video has called into question the administration’s initial narratives.

The Texas Rangers closed their investigation into the March 15, 2025, shooting after a grand jury declined last week to file any criminal charges against Homeland Security Investigations Supervisory Special Agent Jack Stevens, who fired the fatal shots, according to records released by the Texas Department of Public Safety.



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[Martin68]

1. Monsters.

[SunSeeker]

2. Was the grand jury shown that video before they declined to file charges?

[pat_k]

4. They don't say, but I bet not.

[pat_k]

3. Are these people being trained to get in front of vehicles so they can claim they were "targeted"?

What insanity. Getting in front of a vehicle in a high tension situation in which any driver would be confused with the shouting and gun pointing and threats "get him out!" Drunk driving is not a dead penalty offense. And as far as they know, they are shouting at someone who is deaf.

Special Agent Hector Sosa, moves in front of the car. Stevens is on the driver’s side and reaches toward the door.

“Get him out, get him out,” one of the officers can be heard shouting.

Martinez’s car begins slowly moving forward and turning to the left, where other vehicles were traveling. Stevens, on the driver’s side of the car, is keeping pace and appears to be leaning in toward the open driver’s side window. As officers yell for Martinez to stop, Stevens pulls his weapon and rapidly fires three shots through the window before quickly backing away.

[Roy Rolling]

5. Trained actors

They’re trained to get in front of a stopped vehicle, but then move out of the way. Bad actors.