Man shot by ICE in Austin says he has a bullet lodged in his back and was denied medical care – Houston Public Media

Man shot by ICE in Austin says he has a bullet lodged in his back and was denied medical care  Houston Public Media

Mayor Kirk Watson said he wanted the Austin Police Department to be involved in the investigation of the shooting to offer a “clear-eyed, third-party look” at what happened. A federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot a man in North Austin on Sunday afternoon. He is now in an ICE detention center with a bullet lodged in his back, according to his attorney, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch. The injured man is 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez. He was driving for DoorDash at the time he was shot, Lincoln-Goldfinch told reporters during a press conference on Monday. Garces Perez also spoke to reporters directly when organizers called him over the phone. “I am not doing well due to the gunshot wound and I have not received the medical attention that I require,” Garces Perez said in Spanish.

Lincoln-Goldfinch and other organizers provided an English translation as he was speaking. Garces Perez also gave his account of how the shooting unfolded. He said an unarmed black SUV tried to sideswipe his car. When he realized that ICE agents were the drivers, he made a U-turn under a highway bridge so that he could park and they could safely pull him over. Instead, he said, they sideswiped him again, exited their car and shot him in the back of the neck. He said he’s