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“The preliminary investigation shows that a truck with two men inside pulled over and shot at a group of illegal immigrants standing alongside the road getting water [at a reservoir],” said DPS Lt. Elizabeth Carter.
Carter said two men were arrested in Sierra Blanca on Thursday in connection with the shooting. The brothers, Mike and Mark Sheppard, were charged with manslaughter and booked in the El Paso County Jail without bond.
Mike Sheppard was a jail warden for the West Texas Detention Center in Sierra Blanca — a privately owned detention facility that used to contract with the federal government to detain migrants.
“The warden at West Texas Detention Center, Sierra Blanca, TX, has been terminated due to an off-duty incident unrelated to his employment,” said Scott Sutterfield, a spokesperson for LaSalle, in a statement.
A former prison warden and his brother face additional charges in the shooting of migrants in West Texas
Two brothers who were accused of shooting two migrants in West Texas are now facing additional charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after being rearrested earlier this week.
[No link, as alleged quotes from his time as a warden are laced with racist profanity.]
Carter said two men were arrested in Sierra Blanca on Thursday in connection with the shooting. The brothers, Mike and Mark Sheppard, were charged with manslaughter and booked in the El Paso County Jail without bond.
Mike Sheppard was a jail warden for the West Texas Detention Center in Sierra Blanca — a privately owned detention facility that used to contract with the federal government to detain migrants.
“The warden at West Texas Detention Center, Sierra Blanca, TX, has been terminated due to an off-duty incident unrelated to his employment,” said Scott Sutterfield, a spokesperson for LaSalle, in a statement.
A former prison warden and his brother face additional charges in the shooting of migrants in West Texas
Two brothers who were accused of shooting two migrants in West Texas are now facing additional charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after being rearrested earlier this week.
[No link, as alleged quotes from his time as a warden are laced with racist profanity.]
