Two brothers, including a former jail warden, are accused of fatally shooting an undocumented migrant and injuring another who had stopped for water at a West Texas reservoir, an arrest affidavit obtained Friday shows.
A spokeswoman for the Texas Department of Public Safety said the FBI is investigating but declined further comment. The agency's local field office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
According to the affidavit, the brothers were driving by a group of undocumented migrants who took cover in the brush. The driver stopped, backed up and got out, then leaned on the truck's hood and allegedly fired two shots at the group, according to the affidavit. The migrants later told authorities that before the gunfire, one of the brothers could be heard shouting an expletive in Spanish and revving the truck's engine. As they looked up to see if the truck had driven away, they heard two shots, according to the affidavit.
When investigators approached Mark Sheppard, he changed his account of the shooting, the affidavit says. He initially told authorities he wasn't at the reservoir, then said he and his brother were there to hunt.He said his brother used a shotgun to fire twice at what he described as a javelina, according to the affidavit.
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