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Sunday, September 20, 2026

A federal immigration agent shot and injured a man in Austin, Texas, on Sunday authorities said.

The man was identified as Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 29, of Venezuela, by his attorney Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch.

Lincoln-Goldfinch told NPR he is married to a woman who has legal status to be in the U.S. He called his wife to tell her he had been shot inside his car and was yelling in pain, Lincoln-Goldfinch said.

"We were told that he was at this hospital, so we came back and they have run us off the property," she said, referring to Dell Seton Medical Center in Austin.

"We have been informed that if he's in ICE custody, they will decline to confirm that he's here. And no one has updated her about his status."

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"Congressman Greg Casar, a Democrat who represents Austin, demanded an independent investigation into Sunday's shooting.

"Over and over, ICE has shot people and then lied about what happened," Casar said in a news release, referencing the deadly shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis earlier this year.

Video footage has disproved DHS's claims that Good was trying to run over ICE agents with her vehicle.

"We can see the lies with our own eyes. We will demand truth, transparency and accountability," Casar said.

Sunday's ICE shooting is at least the second to happen this year in Texas.

In July, federal immigration agents in Houston shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old Mexican national father of three."

Salgado Araujo was killed after agents attempted to conduct a traffi

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-09-20 09:55 PM | Reply

... "Over and over, ICE has shot people and then lied about what happened," ...

Well, yeah.

And I am sure that AG Blanche will be right on top of those egregious violations of the rights of Americans.


/s

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-09-20 09:58 PM | Reply

Later in the video, the man is seen handcuffed while officers cut his shirt, exposing a gunshot wound on his back.

At least he didn't nine bullets in the back like that dude in Minneapolis.

#3 | Posted by Reinheitsgebot at 2026-09-20 10:19 PM | Reply

imo, these ~events~ are just Pres Trump's private militia (a.k.a. ICE) warming up for the future that Pres Trump envisions.

Where his power over Americans is unchallenged.


#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-09-20 10:24 PM | Reply

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