Incident

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9-27-2022 Texas Fort Hancock 2-2

Location

September 27, 2022

Sierra Blanca checkpoint
McNary
Fort Hancock, Texas

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Jesus Ivan Sepulveda Martinez
Age: 22
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Victim
Name: Brenda Berenice Casias Carrillo
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Female
Status: Injured

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Michael Sheppard
Age: 60
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Arrested

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Mark Sheppard
Age: 60
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Arrested

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Hate crime
Political Violence

Notes

migrants shot; time/loc approx - "Hudspeth County" - "desert outside Sierra Blanca" - poss approx geo: 31.118919, -105.459111 Shot by water station near border. Suspects are twin brothers one of which was a prison warden,,,

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: 12 gauge

Sources

URL: https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/hudspeth-county-texas-shooting/2022/09/28/id/1089461/

URL: https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/crime/2022/09/29/west-texas-shooting-hudspeth-county-texas-rangers-fbi-immigration/69527912007/

URL: https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/border-crime/mexican-families-demand-justice-for-sierra-blanca-shooting-victims/

District

Congressional District: 23
State Senate District: 29
State House District: 74