ICE Agent kills American citizen (South Padre Island, Texas 2025-03-15)
| Date | 2025-03-15 |
|---|---|
| Time | Unspecified |
| City | South Padre Island |
| County | |
| State | Texas |
| Country | United States |
| Location details | Near a car accident |
| Facility | |
| Agencies involved | ICE, South Padre Island PD |
| Operation type | |
| Status | Not researched |
| People affected | |
| Arrests reported | |
| Detentions reported | None taken, but one deceased |
| Deportations | |
| Injuries | Shooting, fatal |
| Deaths | |
| Agents at the scene | |
| Vehicles at the scene | |
| Verification | Not researched |
| Key sources | * https://apnews.com/article/texas-ice-shooting-ruben-ray-martinez-death-646df2f1212fa48d14a9b270f04c3f76
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Summary: On 2025-03-15 in South Padre Island, Texas, a submission was received reporting: ICE Agent kills American citizen. This page was auto-generated from a public incident submission and has not been researched or verified.
Full Description
ICE agent Jack Stevens shot and killed unarmed American citizen Ruben Ray Martinez on South Padre Island in March 2025. ICE claimed Martinez tried to ram officers. While the shooting was reported on at the time it occurred, ICE's involvement was not disclosed until February 2026. Joshua Orta, Martinez's friend and passenger who witnessed the shooting and disputed DHS's account, died in a car accident a week after the publishing of ICE's involvement in Martinez's death.
https://apnews.com/article/texas-ice-shooting-ruben-ray-martinez-death-646df2f1212fa48d14a9b270f04c3f76 https://apnews.com/article/texas-ice-shooting-martinez-orta-death-eef234709ecea98a9fabaafefb656c07 https://apnews.com/article/texas-ice-shooting-martinez-death-grand-jury-e4882b787c7251cbf494be08976dbedd
Force / Conduct Reported
- Force used (per submitter): Yes
- Description: Shooting, fatal
Incident Details (as submitted)
- Date: 2025-03-15
- Time: Unspecified
- Location: South Padre Island, Texas — Near a car accident
- Agencies named: ICE, South Padre Island PD
- Anyone taken: None taken, but one deceased
- Vehicles: Unspecified
- Submitter is witness: No
Agents
No agents identified. To be completed by the Agent Team.
Evidence
- https://apnews.com/article/texas-ice-shooting-ruben-ray-martinez-death-646df2f1212fa48d14a9b270f04c3f76
- https://apnews.com/article/texas-ice-shooting-martinez-orta-death-eef234709ecea98a9fabaafefb656c07
- https://apnews.com/article/texas-ice-shooting-martinez-death-grand-jury-e4882b787c7251cbf494be08976dbedd
Internal Notes
- This page was generated from a public submission and has not been verified. Apply the ICE List two-source standard before changing verification status.
- Submitter contact details have been withheld; they are held in the internal submissions log.
- Source submission ID: Meo9b7Y.