Man injured in shooting by ICE officer in North Austin – Houston Public Media

Man injured in shooting by ICE officer in North Austin  Houston Public Media

The shooting happened Sunday afternoon near Anderson and U.S. 183. A federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot a man in North Austin on Sunday afternoon, leading to heated protests later that evening. The injured man is 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, according to his attorney, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch. KUT News spoke to two people who work at a business near the scene of the shooting, which occurred by the intersection U.S. 183 and Anderson Square. They said they heard two gunshots and went to see what happened. One witness said he encountered an ICE agent and a man in a car who appeared to have been shot in the back. An ambulance arrived a short time later, said the witness, who asked not to be named because he feared negative impacts to his business.

The witness also shared a video he took shortly after the shooting. In the video, a man can be seen sitting in the driver’s seat of a bright blue sedan, clutching his right shoulder. A bullet hole is visible on the driver’s side front door. The extent of his injuries aren’t clear from the video, which focuses mostly on the area around the car rather than the man inside. “They shot you just to shoot you?” someone asks the man in the video. “They shot me