Senior Corporal Ed Lujan is still in the hospital, struggling to recover from injuries all over his body.
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Immigration officials say the man who ran over and injured an off-duty officer before being shot by police outside a Dallas nightclub early Monday is in the country illegally. ICE will issue a detainer against him while he sits in Dallas County Jail. Dallas Police opened fire on Gonzalez-Rios, who was admitted to the hospital following the shooting.
It emerged this week that the man, identified as Eduardo Gonzalez-Rios, was reportedly deported three times in the past eleven years. He has since been transferred to Dallas County Jail and charged with Aggravated Assault on a Public Servant. [Photo by Dallas Police Department]According to authorities, Lujan suffered severe injuries, including a lacerated scalp and numerous broken bones. Although he was working an off-duty position, Lujan was in uniform when the incident occurred. Dallas police released their names Wednesday. Barrientos is assigned to major crimes and has been with Dallas police for more than 5 years.
The suspect retrieved his black SUV from the valet station and backed into one of the officers before plowing forward over a curb, striking the second officer and dragging him at least 15 feet, police said. Ed Lujan, Gonzalez-Rios then allegedly backed back over Lujan.
The first time in November 2004 Gonzalez-Rios was caught near Harlingen, Texas and quickly deported back to Mexico the same day. According to the the Greater Dallas National Latino Law Enforcement Organization (NLLEO), Lujan was in great spirits as of Tuesday morning. He has a broken sternum, nose, ribs, tibia and ankle, and a fractured vertebra and skull, the group said.
In 2005, ICE officials caught Gonzalez-Rios once again in Harlingen, where he was again deported back immediately.
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Rusnok said it’s unclear when and where Gonzalez-Rios entered the US again.
