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On Sunday in Austin, a Texas ICE agent shot and wounded Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a 28-year-old Venezuelan migrant reportedly in the country illegally. The incident occurred during a foot chase under a highway overpass around noon; Garces Perez is now hospitalized with serious but stable injuries. Local officials criticized ICE for the shooting and called for a full investigation. Protests erupted near the scene, reflecting public anger towards the agency's actions.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-21,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On September 20, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and wounded a man in Austin, Texas, during what appears to have been a brief foot pursuit. The victim was taken to a local hospital in serious but stable condition after being shot once in the torso. Police Chief Lisa Davis said that local police were not involved, and ICE is handling the investigation, though Mayor Kirk Watson wants city police to be part of it for transparency. Rights advocates are calling for an independent probe into this incident, which comes amid growing scrutiny of ICE operations under the Trump administration's immigration policies.
Written for “ICE Agent Shoots Wounds ManAustin” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 62 other(s) covering the same event.
A Texas ICE agent shot and wounded a Venezuelan migrant who was reportedly in the country illegally on Sunday, sparking angry protests near the scene in Austin, according to local authorities and the man’s attorney.
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The officer allegedly shot the migrant — who was identified by his lawyer as 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez — once in the torso shortly before 1 p.m. following a “small foot pursuit” on the city’s north side, Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said at a media briefing.
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Davis → shoot → briefing
The shooting, which happened under a highway overpass, left Garces Perez in serious but stable condition at a nearby hospital, according to Austin Mayor Kirk Watson.
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The wounded man is an alleged illegal immigrant from Venezuela with a final order of removal, Department of Homeland Security sources told Fox News.
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sources → wound → News
More details about what led up to the gunfire and the ICE operation were not immediately available.
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what → lead → gunfire
Local officials said all information they had was “extremely preliminary” and called for a full investigation into the shooting.
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they → say → shooting
“The city of Austin deserves answers,” Davis said.
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Davis → deserve → answers
“We’re going to get all those questions answered, and we’ll be as transparent as we can be.”
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we → go → ?
The Venezuelan national’s immigration attorney, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, told the New York Times that she and the man’s wife have been blocked from seeing Garces-Perez and do not know if he is still at the hospital or has been moved into ICE custody elsewhere.
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he → tell → custody
The Post has reached out to the Department of Homeland Security for more information.
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Post → reach → information
The latest ICE-involved shooting was immediately slammed by Austin leaders and quickly drew crowds of protesters.
“I’m very angry about this,” Mayor Watson said at the press conference Sunday afternoon, blasting the federal agency.
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Watson → involve → agency
“[But] I’m not surprised at all.
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It’s happened in other cities with the nature of ICE and the way ICE is doing its business these days and the chaos that we see it performing and fomenting.
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it → happen → that
Dozens of protesters gathered at the scene not long after the shooting, leading to clashes with the authorities, Fox News reported.
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News → gather → authorities
The controversial immigration agency has been involved in a number of fatal shootings this year.
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agency → involve → shootings
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