Police Kill Man in Houston

休斯頓警察槍殺一名男子


Introduction

Government officers killed a man named Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, Texas. Now, the government is checking what happened.

政府人員在德州休斯頓槍殺了一名名為 Lorenzo Salgado Araujo 的男子。目前政府正在調查事件經過。

Main Body

On July 7, 2026, ICE agents stopped a car. The government says the man tried to hit an officer with his car. They say the officers shot him to stay safe. But the officers did not have cameras on their clothes.

2026年7月7日,ICE 特務攔截了一輛汽車。政府稱該男子試圖用車衝撞警員。他們表示警員是為了確保安全才開槍。但當時警員身上並未佩戴隨身攝影機。

Three people were in the car. They say the man did not try to hit the officers. These people are afraid to talk because they do not have legal papers to live in the US.

車內共有三人。他們表示該男子並未試圖衝撞警員。這些人因為沒有美國合法居留文件,所以擔心不敢發言。

Many people are angry. They had protests at a court building. They say the government does not tell the truth. A doctor says the man was murdered.

許多民眾感到憤怒。他們在法院大樓舉行抗議活動。他們指責政府沒有說實話。一名醫生則表示該男子是被謀殺的。

Conclusion

The government is still studying the case. The man's family wants a new, fair investigation.

政府仍在研究此案。該男子的家屬要求進行一次全新且公正的調查。

Vocabulary Learning

🔍 The 'Action' Word Trick

Look at how the story tells us what happened. In English, to talk about the past, we often just add -ed to the end of the word.

Examples from the text:

  • Stop \rightarrow Stopped
  • Kill \rightarrow Killed
  • Murder \rightarrow Murdered

Wait! Some words are rebels. They don't follow the -ed rule. You have to memorize these 'irregular' words:

  • Have \rightarrow Had
  • Say \rightarrow Said

Quick Tip for A2: If you see did not, the word after it stays in its simple form.

Did not stoppedDid not stop

The officers did not have cameras.

Vocabulary Learning

officer (n.)
A person who works for the police or the government
Example:The police officer helped the woman find her way home.
agent (n.)
A person who works for a government department
Example:The secret agent traveled to many different countries.
legal (adj.)
Something that is allowed by the law
Example:You must have a legal passport to travel abroad.
protest (n.)
A public meeting where people say they disagree with something
Example:The students held a protest to ask for better schools.
murdered (v.)
Killed a person in a bad or illegal way
Example:The police are looking for the man who murdered the shop owner.
investigation (n.)
The act of studying something to find the truth
Example:The police started an investigation to find the missing car.
Practice A2 words in a crossword