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People protest where local authorities say a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer (ICE) shot and wounded a man in Austin, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026.
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Local authorities say a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and wounded a man in Austin, Texas, where anti-ICE protesters gathered for hours. The Austin police chief says the man was in serious but stable condition at a hospital after being shot Sunday afternoon. An immigration attorney identified him as Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a 28-year-old Venezuelan man. The Department of Homeland Security says the man is in custody pending removal from the country. Austin police officers were not involved in the shooting. The city's mayor, Kirk Watson, said he wants local police involved in the investigation to provide what he called “clear, third-party eyes” in the process.
Man shot by ICE officer is detained in Texas with a bullet still in his back, attorney's office says
A Venezuelan man shot by a federal immigration officer in Texas is being held at a detention center after being released from a hospital with a bullet still lodged in his back. That's according to a spokesperson for the man's attorney, who told The Associated Press on Monday that Rafael Garces Perez was making a DoorDash delivery in Austin on Sunday before he was shot during a traffic stop. The spokesperson says attorney Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch has learned that Perez is being held in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center about 130 miles southwest of Austin. Federal officials have released little information about the shooting.
