{"id":48981,"date":"2023-01-19T22:24:34","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T22:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/01\/19\/texas-national-guard-soldier-shoots-migrant-at-border\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:12:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:12:46","slug":"texas-national-guard-soldier-shoots-migrant-at-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2023\/01\/19\/texas-national-guard-soldier-shoots-migrant-at-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas National Guard soldier shoots migrant at border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>This article was shared as part of an ongoing project between Military Times and the <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>The Texas Tribune<\/i><\/a><i>, a nonprofit newsroom that informs Texans about state policy and politics. <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/newsletters\/the-brief\/?utm_medium=website&#038;utm_source=trib-ads-owned&#038;utm_campaign=trib-marketing&#038;utm_term=inline-CTA-brief\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Sign up for The Brief<\/i><\/a><i>, its daily newsletter.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Editor\u2019s note: This article has been updated with a comment from the Texas Civil Rights Project and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Texas National Guard soldier patrolling the Texas-Mexico border shot a migrant Sunday morning just west of McAllen, according to an internal Texas Military Department document obtained by Military Times and The Texas Tribune.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s the first known incident since the mission began in which a soldier has shot and injured a migrant. The document does not indicate that the migrant had a firearm or any other weapons during the incident. The injury is not life-threatening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The soldier who fired, Spc. Angel Gallegos, is an infantryman assigned to the border as part of Gov. Greg Abbott\u2019s Operation Lone Star, a multibillion-dollar mission intended to curb the number of migrants entering Texas. Around 5,500 members of the Texas National Guard remain posted along the Rio Grande manning observation posts, building fences and in some cases apprehending migrants for the mission, which began in March 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The migrant was shot in his left shoulder. He was taken to McAllen Medical Center for evaluation and treatment, according to the document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Texas Military Department and Abbott\u2019s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ericka Miller, a spokesperson for the Department of Public Safety said the Texas Rangers are investigating the shooting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s not clear if the Gallegos intended to fire his weapon. Two troops assigned to the border mission have died in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2022\/02\/07\/another-texas-soldier-on-border-dies-in-accidental-shooting\/\">accidental shootings<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 known as \u201cnegligent discharges\u201d in military parlance \u2014 since it expanded in the fall of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But if investigators rule the soldier intentionally fired, the shooting would be the third known incident since the mission began in which a Texas Guard member has intentionally opened fire on duty. In January 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2022\/01\/18\/texas-guardsman-shoots-suspected-smuggling-vehicle-near-border\/\" target=\"_blank\">a soldier shot at a Chrysler 300<\/a>, recently seen smuggling migrants, that he believed was accelerating toward a fellow Guardsman. Nobody was harmed in that incident. More recently, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2022\/10\/04\/texas-national-guard-suicide-operation-lone-star\/\" target=\"_blank\">soldier died by suicide<\/a> with his duty weapon while on patrol in Eagle Pass in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shooting took place around 4:20 a.m. Sunday, after two Guardsmen joined Border Patrol agents and a trained dog who tracked a group of migrants to an abandoned house. The soldiers entered the building where three of the four migrants surrendered, the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the document, the fourth migrant tried to flee through a window and resisted when one of the soldiers tried to apprehend him. The migrant wrestled the service member to the ground, striking him with his fists and elbows, the document said. During the struggle, the Guard member drew his M17 pistol and shot the migrant in the left shoulder at close range as the migrant was falling on top of the soldier. The soldier fired once, the document said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No other injuries were reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rod Kise, a spokesperson with U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the Rio Grande Valley, said Border Patrol agents, as well as DPS troopers, were present during the shooting Sunday morning. Kise said the Department of Public Safety is the lead agency on the investigation, but CBP\u2019s Office of Professional Responsibility is also reviewing the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAdditional information will be shared as it becomes available,\u201d Kise said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Texas Ranger conducted an \u201cinitial interview\u201d with the soldier after the shooting. It is unclear if the Rangers will be the lead agency for any potential investigation. The Department of Public Safety, which oversees the investigative Texas Rangers division, works side by side with the Texas Military Department on Operation Lone Star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miller said DPS could not provide additional information because the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Rep. 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I expect a full, thorough and transparent investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Erin Thorn, a senior attorney at the Texas Civil Rights Project, said the shooting showed the need for \u201chumane policies at the border.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDecades of \u2018tough on immigration\u2019 policies have turned border communities into war zones, and have neither solved the issue of immigration nor improved the lives of border residents,\u201d Thorn said in a statement. \u201cWe hope the ongoing investigation will point to the answer we\u2019ve known all along \u2014 we need comprehensive immigration reform that welcomes people with dignity and respect, not guns and bullets.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An internal document obtained by Army Times does not indicate that the migrant was 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