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The vigil took place in a courtyard closed to the public earlier this year until activists sued, winning a preliminary injunction to remove fencing the government had installed in April.

About 100 people gathered at the Eugene Federal Building for a vigil Friday, July 10, in memory of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Houston man fatally shot Tuesday by an immigration enforcement officer.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said an officer fired in self-defense, but witnesses reportedly said no officer was threatened.

“This needs to stop,” said Johanis Tadeo, from Springfield. “That could have been my dad.”

Tadeo and others at the event spoke out about Salgado Araujo’s death and others killed by federal immigration officers.

The Associated Press reports Salgado Araujo is at least the eighth person to die during immigration enforcement actions under President Donald Trump, a total that includes the deaths of U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

Naphtali Renshaw, a Eugene activist and faith leader, read names of those killed as the crowd gathered in a courtyard closed off to the public earlier this year.

The federal General Services Administration installed temporary fencing April 30 after property damage at the site during a protest in January.

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Candles, a Mexican flag and other items were placed inside a ring of flowers shaped like a heart at the Eugene Federal Building as part of a Friday, July 10, vigil held for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Houston man fatally shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. Credit: Jaime Adame / Lookout Eugene-Springfield

Renshaw is among six activists who sued to reopen the plaza, winning a preliminary injunction order for the fence to be dismantled.

Renshaw told Lookout Eugene-Springfield that the courtyard provided quiet for a vigil and noted the location was near the ICE field office located in the federal building.

“We can hear each other a little bit better, but, symbolically, this is where we’re bringing our grief and our protest, to the front door of our federal building, where our neighbors are being held,” Renshaw said.

Salgado Araujo, 52, was a Mexican national without lawful status who, ICE officials said, tried to run over an officer while driving a work van.

He reportedly lived in the United States for more than 35 years with no criminal record. A Department of Homeland Security official said the officers initiated an enforcement action that wasn’t aimed at Salgado Araujo, who “resembled the target,” ABC News reported.

At the Eugene rally Michele Fleury held a handmade sign with Salgado Araujo’s name and a broken heart.

“My heart is breaking, and there’s just this collective grief and trauma for the suffering of our fellow human beings,” Fleury said.