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Ma. Kyla Morco

ICE Shot Venezuelan DoorDash Driver Who Was Then Detained With Bullet Still Near His Spine, Lawyer Says

Austin police officers attend to Wilber Perez beneath an overpass following the shooting involving an ICE agent on 20 September. (Credit: CBS News / Original footage: local ice cream store owner)

A 28-year-old Venezuelan man shot by an ICE officer in Austin, Texas says he was taken into federal custody with a bullet still lodged near his spine and later returned to hospital after developing paralysis on one side, according to his lawyer.

Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was making a DoorDash delivery when the shooting occurred on 20 September. He said an unmarked vehicle sideswiped his car before he was shot. His lawyer, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, said he was released from hospital into ICE custody and transferred to the South Texas ICE Processing Center in Pearsall.

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