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An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and wounded a man in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, city officials said, adding that the man was in serious but stable condition.
The man was shot in the torso and taken to a local hospital, officials told reporters at a press conference. The ICE agent shot him during a brief pursuit on foot shortly before 1pm, Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said.
Immigration lawyer Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch identified the victim to multiple news outlets as Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, and posted on social media that she is representing his family. Lincoln-Goldfinch said he was released from the hospital on Sunday into the apparent custody of ICE.
Perez is an undocumented immigrant from Venezuela, a law enforcement source told CNN. Lincoln-Goldfinch told the Texas Tribune that her client entered the United States legally.
The Department of Homeland Security said in a post on X that its Homeland Security Investigations unit is leading the investigation of a case of an officer-involved shooting in Austin ⁠on Sunday with the assistance of the FBI.
The post said the person shot was a Venezuelan who entered the United States “illegally” during the Biden administration and was subject to ‌a final removal order, adding the person is stable and in federal custody pending removal.

ICE is an agency within the Department of Homeland Security.
City officials did not identify the man who was shot, and said they did not know the identity of the ICE ‌agent involved. Austin Police Chief Davis said she had not been briefed yet by federal officials and had few details about the incident.
The shooting ⁠is the latest in a series ⁠of incidents involving ICE, which has become the face of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown and whose actions have drawn scrutiny and calls for accountability from rights advocates.
Austin Mayor Kirk Watson, a Democrat, said ‌he wants city police involved in the investigation, with the additional participation of the Texas Rangers.
“From my perspective, the credibility of ICE doing some form of an investigation just by itself and excluding others would not be appropriate,” Watson ‌said, ‌adding that he is angry about the shooting but not surprised by it.
ICE recently started detaining more people in Austin, Watson and US Congressman Greg Casar, a Texas ‌Democrat, said.

“Just a few weeks ago, as we saw the ICE surge come to Austin, especially to North Central Austin, I and others said that ICE needed to leave ⁠before someone was shot,” said Casar, whose district includes parts of Austin.
Local TV news coverage on Sunday afternoon showed protesters gathered across the street from a blue Toyota ⁠Corolla that had sustained damage to the passenger-side door, as ICE agents stood nearby.
Rights advocates say the federal immigration crackdown under President Donald Trump violates free speech and due process rights. Trump defends his actions by saying he aims to improve domestic security.
Federal immigration officials have been involved in ‌multiple shootings this year, including the killing of ‌two US citizens in Minnesota, which sparked a widespread backlash. More than 50 people have died in ICE detention since Trump returned to office last year.
The killing of US citizen Renee Good in Minnesota earlier this year showed that ICE cannot be trusted to provide accurate information about its shootings, Casar said.
“It is important for us to have transparency and the true facts in this case,” he said. “Unfortunately, ICE has not been truthful in shootings in other cities.”


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