The three men with the 52-year-old Houston man who was fatally shot by an immigration agent earlier this week disputed the federal government's narrative of the deadly episode, saying Lorenzo Salgado Araujo never tried to run over anyone, according to the Washington Post.

Hugo Balderas-Ibarra, an immigration attorney representing the three men who were passengers in the van driven by Salgado Araujo, talked to the men, who are in immigration custody, on Thursday afternoon, according to his office.

Sign up Balderas-Ibarra also received written statements from the men and shared them with the Washington Post.