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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Anna Wilder and Jesse Bedayn

Man shot by ICE officer is detained in Texas with a bullet still in his back, attorney's office says

ICE Shooting Austin - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A Venezuelan man shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer was in custody Monday at an ICE detention center in Texas after he was released from a hospital with a bullet still lodged in his back, according to a spokesperson for the man's attorney.

Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was making a DoorDash delivery in the Texas capital of Austin on Sunday before he was shot during a traffic stop, said Fabiana Meléndez Ruiz, a spokesperson for immigration attorney Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch.

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