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Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a 28-year-old Venezuelan national, was shot by an ICE agent and detained with a bullet still inside his body following an incident in Austin, Texas on Sunday (September 20, 2026). His lawyer, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, claims that her client did not know the pursuing vehicle was from ICE when he made a U-turn after being sideswiped by their unmarked truck. Ms. Lincoln-Goldfinch criticizes ICE for its violent tactics and calls for an end to traffic stops conducted by the agency.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-02,
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 2026-10-04,
grounded in this article and the 62 other(s) covering the same event.
A Venezuelan national shot and wounded by a U.S. immigration agent in Texas was jailed with the bullet still inside his body, his lawyer said Monday (September 21, 2026).
asserted
lawyer → shoot → body
Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, is in stable condition after suffering a gunshot wound to his torso, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
uncertain
Perez → suffer → Security
The shooting in Austin, Texas, on Sunday (September 20) marked the latest instance of violence by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents tasked with enforcing President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
asserted
shooting → mark → crackdown
Mr. Garces Perez’s attorney, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, told a press conference that her client was transferred from a hospital to a detention center in Pearsall, some 135 miles (215 kilometers) southwest of Austin.
asserted
client → tell → Austin
“He was shot here in his back, and they didn’t take the bullet out, and they didn’t give him pain medication, and they transferred him to ICE, to a processing centre where he spent the night without a bed,” Ms. Lincoln-Goldfinch said.
asserted
Goldfinch → shoot → bed
She said Mr. Garces Perez was making a DoorDash delivery when an unmarked black truck sideswiped him.
asserted
truck → say → him
“He didn’t know it was ICE and he did a U-turn,” she said.
asserted
she → know → turn
“The truck chased him, and sideswiped him again, and the agents came out and shot him in the back of the neck and pulled him out of the car.”
asserted
agents → chase → car
“There is absolutely zero justification for having shot him,” she said.
asserted
she → be → him
“This is why we’re calling for a stop to ICE traffic stops.
asserted
we → call → stops
DHS said on X that Mr. Garces Perez had “illegally entered our country under the Biden administration and had a final order of removal.”
asserted
Perez → say → removal
But Ms. Lincoln-Goldfinch maintained he was in the US “legally with a work permit.”
asserted
he → maintain → permit
A makeshift shrine with flowers, candles, and a sign reading “Justice 4 Wilber” was placed near the site where the shooting occurred.
asserted
shooting → read → site
Mr. Trump campaigned for president on a promise to expel millions of undocumented migrants and has taken a series of dramatic actions since returning to the White House.
asserted
Trump → campaign → House
Nearly 51,000 undocumented migrants were arrested in the United States in August, according to DHS figures.
uncertain
migrants → arrest → figures
Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, was shot by ICE in March 2025, in what the Texas Tribune said was the first known killing by immigration agents of an American in Mr. Trump’s second term.
asserted
Tribune → shoot → term
More recently, a Mexican man named Lorenzo Salgado died in July after he was shot by an ICE officer in Houston, Texas.
Two Americans, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, were shot and killed by federal immigration agents in separate incidents in Minnesota during a crackdown on undocumented migrants in the northern state earlier this year.
asserted
he → name → state
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