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ICE shooting victim Garces Perez hospitalized with partial paralysis

The Venezuelan DoorDash driver shot by an ICE agent in Austin was detained with the bullet still in him before his condition worsened, his lawyer says.

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What to know

  • Garces Perez was shot in the back of the neck/torso by ICE agents after a truck chase during a DoorDash delivery in Austin on September 20, 2026.
  • His lawyer says he was transferred to an ICE detention center in Pearsall with the bullet still lodged in his body and no pain medication or bed.
  • DHS says he had illegally entered under the Biden administration and had a final removal order; his attorney says he held a work permit and was in the country legally.
  • The case adds to a string of shootings by ICE agents in 2026, including fatal shootings of Americans Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minnesota and a Mexican national in Houston.

“There is absolutely zero justification for having shot him. This is why we’re calling for a stop to ICE traffic stops. ICE officers are over armed, overpaid, undertrained, and violent.”

Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, Attorney for Garces Perez · The Hindu ↗ · Sep 20

Wilber Rafael Garces Perez Venezuelan national shot by ICEKate Lincoln-Goldfinch Attorney for Garces PerezU.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal agency overseeing ICE

ICE shooting victim Garces Perez hospitalized with partial paralysis
The Hindu

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    “He was shot here in his back, and they didn’t take the bullet out, and they didn’t give him pain medication, and they transferred him to ICE, to a processing centre where he spent the night without a bed.”
    — Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, Attorney for Garces Perez · source
    1. 2 outlets Texas man shot by ICE agent detained with bullet still lodged in his body: lawyer

      first by The Hindu, 1d ago · also Washington Post

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  2. background

    Lawyer says Garces Perez jailed with bullet still inside him — At a press conference, attorney Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch said her client was transferred from a hospital to an ICE processing center in Pearsall, about 135 miles from Austin, without the bullet removed, without pain medication, and without a bed for the night. DHS said he had illegally entered under the Biden administration and had a final removal order, which Lincoln-Goldfinch disputed, saying he held a work permit.

  3. background

    ICE agents shoot Garces Perez during Austin traffic stop — An unmarked black truck sideswiped Garces Perez's car while he was making a DoorDash delivery; after he did a U-turn the truck chased and sideswiped him again, and agents shot him in the back of the neck and pulled him from the car.