An ICE officer fatally shot a Mexican national Tuesday morning in Houston during an attempted traffic stop to conduct an immigration arrest, the Department of Homeland Security said.

The agency said in a statement that ICE officers were attempting to arrest Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who they said is not authorized to be in the country, about 6:50 a.m.

DHS accused the man of attempting “to evade arrest.”

“From information we are receiving, he rammed an ICE law enforcement vehicle, refused to follow multiple verbal commands, and weaponized his vehicle,” DHS said in its statement.

An ICE officer fired his weapon “in self-defense” — striking, the driver, Salgado Araujo, according to the agency.

DHS said the man was transported to the hospital, where he died of his injures.