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Texas Brothers Charged with Manslaughter for Shooting Migrants Getting Water Near Border

HeadlineOct 03, 2022

A pair of twin brothers in Texas has been charged with manslaughter for shooting at a group of migrants who had stopped to get water near the U.S.-Mexico border. One of the migrants died, and another was injured. One of the two brothers, Michael Sheppard, was the warden at a privately run immigration jail, the West Texas Detention Facility, which has been accused of abuse. He was fired after the attack.

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