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Here are the key details reported about the incident:

• The Person Involved: The man was identified as Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, a 28-year-old Venezuelan national working in Austin, Texas, as a DoorDash food delivery driver.

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• What Happened: On Sunday afternoon, Garcés Pérez was out making food deliveries when he was targeted for a traffic stop by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. According to Garcés Pérez and his attorneys, an unmarked ICE vehicle sideswiped and rammed his car twice before agents initiated pursuit. Garcés Pérez stated that after making a U-turn under an overpass to find a safe place to stop, an agent fired at his vehicle, shooting him in the upper torso/back near his spine.

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• Medical Care & Detention Controversy: After the shooting, Garcés Pérez was taken to a local hospital. Doctors opted not to immediately remove the bullet due to its close proximity to his spinal cord. According to his attorney, ICE pressured hospital staff for a quick discharge only hours later and transferred him directly to the South Texas ICE Processing Center in Pearsall with the bullet still inside him. In a call with reporters arranged by his legal team, Garcés Pérez reported experiencing severe pain and said he was placed on a cold concrete floor without proper medication before later requiring re-hospitalization after losing feeling in the left side of his body.

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• Official & Legal Status:

  • Department of Homeland Security (DHS) statements indicated that Garcés Pérez was subject to a targeted enforcement stop and had a final order of removal from an immigration court. DHS described the situation as stemming from an attempt to evade arrest.

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  • His immigration attorney noted that he had originally entered the country via the CBP One app, had obtained a work authorization permit, and had missed a court dateresulting in a removal order in absentiabecause court notices were delivered to a previous address.

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• Fallout and Reactions: The incident sparked public protests in Austin outside the Capitol and near the shooting scene. Austin Mayor Kirk Watson, local prosecutors, and members of Congress publicly demanded an independent review into ICE’s use of force and raised questions after reports surfaced that the officer involved was an ICE recruit whose assigned body camera was not in use during the confrontation. His attorneys filed emergency petitions to halt any deportation attempts while the shooting is investigated as a potential criminal matter.

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