Joshua Orta, 25, the only passenger who was in the car with Ruben Ray Martinez when an ICE officer shot him dead in South Texas last year, has died.

A passenger in the car with Ruben Ray Martinez wrote that the men were trying to comply with authorities before Mr. Martinez was shot. The passenger, Joshua Orta, died in a car accident on Saturday.

Joshua Orta, a key witness planning to cooperate with investigators regarding the fatal shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez by an ICE agent last year, has reportedly died in a car accident.

Joshua Orta, the sole witness in the fatal ICE shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez, died in a car crash in San Antonio, days before he was to sign a statement disputing ICE's account.