ICE officer who shot Venezuelan man in Texas wasn't wearing a body camera, sources say
The judge blocked his deportation and ordered him to appear as lawyers challenge ICE treatment and say he remains in pain with a bullet lodged in his back.
- On Sunday, an ICE officer shot and wounded 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez during a traffic stop in Austin while he was delivering food, despite being issued a body camera that he was not wearing.
- The shooting follows a record surge in immigration arrests this summer, with ICE apprehending about 50,000 people in both July and August amid heightened enforcement under President Donald Trump.
- Rep. Greg Casar visited Garces Perez on Wednesday at a detention center in Pearsall, Texas, finding him in rough physical shape using a wheelchair with a sling on his left arm.
- Garces Perez's attorney Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch demanded body cameras be worn 100% of the time with footage released within hours, while immigration attorney Ruby Powers said the lack of video creates a "he said, she said" scenario.
- Despite $20 million in Congressional funding for body cameras in April, ICE officials testified in February that only 3,000 of about 13,000 field officers have them, and this incident mirrors a fatal July shooting in Houston when an officer also lacked a body camera.
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ICE officer was not wearing body camera during Austin, Texas shooting, reports say
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ICE officer who shot Austin man wasn’t wearing body camera: Reports
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer who shot a Venezuelan man in Austin while he was in his vehicle this weekend was not wearing a body camera during the incident, according to multiple reports. The officer fired at Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, 28, while he was making a DoorDash delivery, according to his attorney,…
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