ICE Agent Shoots 28-Year-Old Venezuelan in Austin After Plate Check Finds Deportation Order
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 22
ICE Agent Shoots 28-Year-Old Venezuelan in Austin After Plate Check Finds Deportation Order
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 22
Summary
Wilber Rafael Garces Perez said an ICE agent in Austin shot him Sunday after his car was struck twice, leaving a bullet lodged near his spine.
ICE agents had been checking license plates in northwest Austin when they found a deportation order for the 28-year-old Venezuelan, according to two people familiar with the investigation; he had not been a prior federal target.
Garces Perez said he was bleeding, in pain and denied needed treatment because agents hurried his transfer from the hospital; DHS and ICE did not immediately respond.
The shooting was ICE's second in Texas since July and part of a broader pattern: more than 20 people have been shot at by ICE since Trump took office last year, nearly all in cars.