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A man was seriously injured on Monday, September 21, with a thorax bullet by an ICE agent, the U.S. Federal Immigration Police, during a walk-on race in Austin, Texas's capital. The injured man was identified by his lawyer as Wilber Garcés Pérez, a 28-year-old Venezuelan citizen who delivered by profession.
Protests have broken out in Austin, Texas, after a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and wounded a man during a traffic stop. The man remains in serious but stable condition in hospital, while anti-ICE protesters quickly gathered at the scene. Austin’s police chief said local officers were not involved in the shooting. Ellen Gainsford reports.
An ICE agent shot and wounded a man in Austin, Texas. The city's mayor has called for an independent investigation into the shooting.
An immigration attorney representing the man’s family identifies him as Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a Venezuelan.
The victim is seriously but stable after being shot in the torso and is in agency custody, the federal government confirmed
