Dem don move one Venezuelan DoorDash delivery driver wey ICE agents shoot from hospital go detention centre, bullet still dey inside im back. Na im lawyer tell US media. The man na Wilber Rafael Garcés Perez, 28. The shooting happen on Sunday for Austin, Texas, and e provoke protests.
Department of Homeland Security, DHS, tell BBC say dem dey investigate the shooting of one man for the Texas capital wey enter the country illegally. Wetin lead to the shooting no clear. Local mayor and police dey demand investigation. The incident happen months after one man for Houston die after ICE officer shoot am.
Attorney Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch tell CBS say Garcés Perez call im wife while e dey yell in pain for hospital. She tell National Public Radio say he dey ICE custody. The Trump administration don increase immigration enforcement and arrests during Trump second term, and e don cause unrest for several US cities. The administration defend im policies and the agency tactics as necessary for public safety and to carry out Trump campaign promise to secure border and do mass deportations.
The shooting for Austin on Sunday happen just before 1300 local time, but details still scarce. Dozens of protesters, some waving flags of Mexico and Guatemala, gather for the scene with signs demanding say ICE leave Austin. Local television outlets show demonstrators gather across the street from one blue Toyota Corolla wey get damage for passenger-side door, as ICE agents stand nearby, Reuters report.
Mayor Kirk Watson, a Democrat, talk say Austinites get right to know wetin happen and right to feel safe in their city during media briefing on Sunday. He talk say dem suppose know truth, and he happy say city go also join investigation. He add say ICE operations don surge for Austin in recent weeks.
ICE don face intense scrutiny after plenty deadly shootings, including death of Houston resident Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Salgado Araujo no be target of ICE investigation, but dem shoot am during ICE traffic stop, according to DHS. Texas Congressman Greg Casar, a Democrat, demand full and immediate independent investigation into the latest shooting and release of body camera footage. He also demand accountability for any ICE officer wey break law. Activists talk say administration don violate due process as e carry out crackdown. Democrats demand reforms for agency, including make immigration enforcement agents wear body cameras and no hide their faces.
Earlier this month, US Department of Justice charge one ICE agent with lying about non-fatal shooting of one Venezuelan migrant for Minnesota. E rare for current justice department to accuse federal agent of breaking law on job. Earlier this week, Florida lawmaker Maria Elvira Salazar, a Republican wey don speak out against immigration crackdown, release advert criticising targeting and detaining of individuals wey no get criminal record. Salazar appear on CBS programme Face the Nation on Sunday and talk say she don speak to president, and believe he go keep country on right track. He gets it more than anybody, she talk.
ABC News report say the man be Venezuelan national wey dey country illegally, according to DHS. One Venezuelan migrant wey ICE officer shoot for Austin, Texas, speak out on Monday from federal detention facility, say he dey lot of pain and bullet still dey near im spine. The shooting on Sunday of 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garcés Perez don cause protests and backlash from local officials. Garcés Perez dey deliver for DoorDash when e meet ICE, im lawyer and delivery platform confirm to ABC News.
During news conference Monday afternoon, im lawyer Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch talk say she manage speak to Garcés Perez after dem no tell her where e dey. She talk say dem carry am go Pearsall detention facility 130 miles from Austin around 4 a.m. on Monday. Garcés Perez wife, Elizdar, stand beside Lincoln-Goldfinch during news conference as attorney recount wetin Garcés Perez tell her. During news conference, Garcés Perez call in and give im version of wetin happen on Sunday. He talk say he no dey well due to gunshot wound, and he never receive medical attention wey he require. He talk am for Spanish through interpreter. He talk say he dey lot of pain and doctors leave bullet inside im body because e close to im spine.
He talk say the encounter with ICE officers happen as he dey make DoorDash delivery. An SUV ride next to am and try hit am. He think say na aggressive driver. Turn out say no be so. He ask ICE officer if he fit pull over so dem go detain am. Dem talk no and dem side-swipe am. He do U-turn to try find spot to park so he go follow dem and dem basically run into am and shoot am. He talk say ICE officers never ask am to stop or turn on lights and siren. The only time dem turn on lights or sirens na after dem side-swipe am and hit am.
Garcés Perez talk say he still no know how many times dem shoot am, and he feel one bullet hit am. He allege say ICE officers no attend to im injuries immediately. One of the officers enter im car and forcibly turn am off. He tell am say he dey lot of pain and he think he go pass out. Then EMTs arrive and na so e end, he talk. Lincoln-Goldfinch note say initial statement from DHS talk say Garcés Perez shot during foot chase. But Garcés Perez talk say dat no correct. He talk say no foot chase. He talk say he never comot from vehicle until he had to comot.
DHS issue statement on social media Sunday, talk say Homeland Security Investigations, with assistance of Federal Bureau of Investigation, dey lead investigation into officer involved shooting of illegal alien from Venezuela, wey illegally enter country under Biden administration and get final order of removal, during law enforcement operation on Sunday for Austin, Texas. The illegal alien condition stable, and he dey federal custody pending removal, statement add. This na developing situation, and we go update public when more information dey, dem talk.
Lincoln-Goldfinch talk for post on X say im client dey country legally and don apply for asylum. ABC News reach out to ICE for additional comment. Austin Mayor Kirk Watson talk for statement say he dey very angry and extremely disappointed say person shot on streets of Austin by ICE. While I angry and disappointed, I no surprise. This don happen for other cities. With rogue nature of ICE and chaos we dey see fomented by ICE, no reason to surprise. Austinites get right to know wetin happen and dem get right to feel safe for community, he write on X.
Video wey ABC News obtain show moments after Garcés Perez shot. Witness take am and give am to local city councilmember, video show am sitting hunched over for driver seat of blue sedan as ICE officers surround car. Man fit hear am for Spanish say dem shoot am because he no brake. Later for video, man dey handcuffed while officers cut im shirt, exposing gunshot wound for im back. ICE officials dey conduct license plate checks to carry out enforcement operations when dem get positive match on vehicle registered to Garcés Perez, who get order to be deported, law enforcement source tell ABC News. DHS never give full account of wetin happen on Sunday and never talk whether officers wear body-worn cameras during incident. Austin city councilmember tell ABC News say city police no get permission to conduct crime scene investigation. The crime scene entirely controlled by ICE, HSI, Homeland Security Investigations, plus state police, Department of Public Safety, so city police no dey permitted to conduct crime scene investigation, Austin Councilmember Mike Siegel tell ABC News. The councilmember tell ABC News say he dey work with city officials to ensure say ICE officer wey allegedly shoot individual no leave Texas. ABC News Armando Garcia contribute to report.
