ICE Recruit Shot 28-Year-Old Venezuelan in Austin Without Using Issued Body Camera
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Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 22
ICE Recruit Shot 28-Year-Old Venezuelan in Austin Without Using Issued Body Camera
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 22
Summary
Two former DHS officials said the ICE officer who shot Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez in Austin was a recent recruit and was not using an issued body camera during the weekend encounter.
The disclosure sharpens scrutiny of ICE’s hiring surge last year, with DHS facing questions over how newly added officers were vetted and trained.
Garcés Pérez, a 28-year-old Venezuelan DoorDash driver, was shot after agents discovered a deportation order during a license-plate check; his lawyer says he had a work permit and was seeking asylum.
The shooting is the second involving an ICE agent in Texas since July, and it has already triggered protests in Austin while the officer remains on administrative leave.