ICE agent shoots and wounds man in Texas as locals demand answers – BBC

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Protests broke out in Austin after a Venezuelan delivery driver was taken to hospital with a gunshot wound in his torso. Protesters gathered in Austin on Sunday after a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and wounded a man in the Texas capital. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a 28-year-old Venezuelan DoorDash delivery driver, was shot in the torso and taken to hospital, his lawyer told US media. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a statement to the BBC that it was investigating the shooting of a man in Austin who had entered the country illegally. It is unclear what led to the shooting, and the local mayor and police have demanded an independent probe.

It comes months after a man in Houston was shot dead by an ICE officer. Attorney Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch told CBS that Garces Perez called his wife while "yelling in pain" in hospital. She told National Public Radio he was in ICE custody. The Trump administration has ramped up immigration enforcement efforts and arrests during Trump's second term, sparking unrest across several US cities. The administration has defended its policies and the agency's controversial tactics as