US: Man wounded in Texas after being shot by ICE agent
An ICE agent shot and wounded a man in Austin, Texas. The city's mayor has called for an independent investigation into the shooting.
An individual was hospitalized in Austin, Texas after being shot by an officer of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to local officials on Sunday. Mayor Kirk Watson expressed his outrage over the incident, calling for a comprehensive investigation. The wounded man, identified as 28-year-old Venezuelan Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, suffered a gunshot wound to his torso during a brief foot chase in the north side of the Texas capital shortly before 1 PM local time.
He is currently in a serious but stable condition at a nearby hospital. Austin police were not part of the operation or the shooting, with the chief stating that the incident is under investigation by the Austin Police Department and the Texas Rangers. ICE and the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the immigration agency, have not yet issued a statement on the shooting.
The incident is one of several involving ICE, a symbol of the recent immigration crackdown by President Donald Trump's Republican administration.
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