Man shot by ICE officer is detained in Texas with a bullet still in his back, attorney says
· KRGV (NBC 5)
A Venezuelan man, Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, was shot by an ICE officer in Austin while making a DoorDash delivery. After being hospitalized, he was transferred to an ICE detention center with a bullet still lodged in his back, as doctors deemed it too risky to remove. Perez reported receiving inadequate medical care and being interrogated at the South Texas ICE Processing Center in Pearsall. His attorney stated that he is an asylum seeker with a valid work permit, and a deportation order was issued after he missed a court hearing due to a notification sent to an old address. Local advocates are calling for an independent review of ICE's use of force.
AI summary · Source: KRGV (NBC 5) →
