Man shot by ICE officer is detained in Texas with a bullet still in his back, attorney's office says – spectrumlocalnews.com

Man shot by ICE officer is detained in Texas with a bullet still in his back, attorney’s office says  spectrumlocalnews.com

The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, has released little information and has not said what prompted the shooting. AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Venezuelan man shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer was in custody Monday at an ICE detention center in Texas after he was released from a hospital with a bullet still lodged in his back, according to a spokesperson for the man's attorney. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was making a DoorDash delivery in the Texas capital of Austin on Sunday before he was shot during a traffic stop, said Fabiana Meléndez Ruiz, a spokesperson for immigration attorney Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch. Ruiz said that Perez called his wife around 12:30 p.m.

Sunday to tell her that he had been shot. She said Perez's wife hasn't spoken with him since then. Perez was being detained at the South Texas ICE Processing Center in Pearsall, about 130 miles southwest of Austin, Ruiz told The Associated Press. She said Lincoln-Goldfinch spoke by phone with Perez, who told her that he was being interrogated while a bullet remained in his back. Perez also said he had no pain medication, according to Ruiz. The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, has released little information and has not said what prompted the shooting. In a statement early Monday, the