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An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and wounded a 28-year-old Venezuelan man in Austin, Texas, during a Sunday afternoon incident while the man was making a DoorDash delivery. The man's attorney stated that he is being interrogated in federal custody with the bullet still in his back. Anti-ICE protesters also gathered at the scene to demand transparency.
Outlets across the spectrum agree that an ICE officer shot and wounded a Venezuelan man in Austin, Texas, and that he is now in federal custody.
Left-leaning outlets like The New Republic and The Guardian emphasize details about the man being an asylum-seeker, the protests demanding transparency, and criticisms of the administration's immigration policies. Right-leaning outlets like the Washington Examiner and The Bulwark focus more strictly on the attorney's claims regarding the ongoing interrogation and the bullet remaining in his back. Center coverage by NewsNation highlights the attorney's denial of ICE's foot chase narrative, reporting that officers sideswiped the man's vehicle instead.
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Source context: The man ICE shot and wounded in Austin, Texas, in the middle of a DoorDash delivery was not allowed to see his wife before federal agents moved him to an undisclosed location. Wilber Rafael Garcés Perez, 28, an asylum-seeker from Venezuela, was delivering food at 1 p.m. CST when …
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The man ICE shot and wounded in Austin, Texas, in the middle of a DoorDash delivery was not allowed to see his wife before federal agents moved him to an undisclosed location. Wilber Rafael Garcés Perez, 28, an asylum-seeker from Venezuela, was delivering food at 1 p.m. CST when he encountered ICE agents, who reportedly shot him in the torso. It’s not…
Anti-ICE protesters gather and demand transparency at site where 28-year-old was shot in torsoA US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and wounded a Venezuelan man on Sunday afternoon in Texas’s capital city, Austin, prompting demonstrations at the scene against the Trump administration’s hardline anti-immigration campaign.The man,…
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Donna Ganger, the mother of Renee Good, who was fatally shot by a federal immigration anget in Minneapolis earlier this year, said Tuesday she voted for President Trump and thought that federal immigration officers would “protect” Americans. Ganger said it is “torture” that “as a mom and as a family, we could not protect,” Good,…
Wilber Garces Perez's attorney also denied ICE's statement that there was a foot chase and said ICE officers sideswiped him in a truck.
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The Venezuelan national who was shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Austin, Texas, on Sunday is being interrogated while the bullet still remains in his back, according to his attorney. As of Monday, Wilber Rafael Garces Perez is being held in federal custody after he was released from the hospital. The bullet…
Rather than getting him medical help, they carted him off to an ICE detention complex—and the bullet is still in his back.
