Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent in Austin scheduled for preliminary detention hearing Wednesday – KSAT

Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent in Austin scheduled for preliminary detention hearing Wednesday  KSAT

Wilber Rafael Garces-Perez, the Venezuelan man shot in the back by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Austin, is scheduled for a preliminary detention hearing Wednesday. AUSTIN, Texas – The Venezuelan man shot in the back by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Austin is scheduled for a preliminary detention hearing Wednesday. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was charged Tuesday with one count of assaulting, resisting and impeding a federal officer, according to a criminal complaint. A detention hearing is set for Friday, October 2. >> Austin man shot by ICE agent charged with assault, resisting arrest If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in federal prison. The charges stem from a Sept.

20 traffic stop in north Austin. According to the criminal complaint, ICE officers were attempting to detain Garces Perez after confirming an immigration judge had issued a final order of removal. The complaint alleges Garces Perez ignored orders to put his vehicle in park and get out. It says he drove away, striking one ICE officer in the torso with the driver’s-side mirror. The complaint further alleges officers pursued him through commercial and residential areas and that Garces Perez later attempted to strike another officer with his vehicle. That officer then fired his gun. Garces Perez was shot and hospitalized. His attorney has said