ICE Officer Who Shot Venezuelan Man in Austin Had No Body Camera
The Atlantic reports the officer, a recent hire from another federal agency, wasn't wearing his body camera during the encounter.
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What to know
- An ICE officer shot a Venezuelan man in Austin over the weekend of September 19-20, 2026.
- The Atlantic reports the officer was not wearing a body camera during the encounter, limiting available video evidence.
- The officer was a recent hire, brought on last year from another federal law-enforcement agency.
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Atlantic reports officer lacked body camera, was recent hire
The Atlantic reported that the ICE officer involved in the shooting was not wearing his body camera and had been hired last year from another federal law-enforcement agency.
“The ice officer who shot a Venezuelan man last weekend in Austin was a recent hire who was not wearing his body camera…”
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first by NBC News, 1d ago · also Axios, CBS News, The Atlantic, Anadolu Agency, The Hill
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- Reports: ICE agent who shot man in North Austin wasn't wearing a body camera Axios · 1d ago
- ICE officer who shot Venezuelan man in Texas wasn't wearing a body camera, sources say CBS News · 1d ago
- The ICE Officer in Austin Wasn't Wearing a Body Cam The Atlantic · 1d ago
- ICE officer who shot Venezuelan man wasn't wearing body camera, sources say CBS News · 1d ago
- ICE officer who shot man in Austin wasn’t wearing his body camera NBC News · 1d ago
- US immigration agency who shot Venezuelan man in Texas didn't use body camera: Report Anadolu Agency · 19h ago
- ICE officer who shot Austin man wasn’t wearing body camera: Reports The Hill · 8h ago
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The ICE officer who shot a Venezuelan man in Austin was not using a body camera during the Sunday incident, according to news reports. The officer was issued a body camera, but it is unclear why he was not wearing the device during the shooting.
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The Texas Tribune: Venezuelan man shot by ICE officer needs surgery to remove the bullet, U.S. Rep. Greg Casar says https://www. texastribune.org/2026/09/23/te xas-austin-shooting-ice-officer-no-body-cam-reports/ --- It's like the gunman and the United States is waiting for him to die from their abuse of force... Using weapons instead of…
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This just keeps getting better the longer it goes on, doesn’t it? Issued a body cam but “oopsie” I forgot it???
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ICE officer shoots Venezuelan man in Austin — An ICE officer shot a Venezuelan man during an operation in Austin, Texas, over the weekend before September 22, 2026.
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https://www. europesays.com/thestates/10040/ ICE officer who shot man in Austin was issued a body camera but wasn’t wearing it # Texas
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I bet he'd love to have a video of himself shooting an unarmed man in the back. He just doesn't want it in the hands of actual law enforcement.
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Automatic dismissal or they’ll never comply
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then he should be presumed guilty of 'obstructing justice'
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If he had a body camera and wasn't using it / failed to activate it, then it's safe to assume that anything he might have to say about the incident is a lie.
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Masks that infringed on their rights during covid...🙄
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Oh, I can help. Law enforcement people turn off or take off their body cams when they want to commit crimes without being caught.
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Because he was committing crimes. There should be consequences for not wearing a body cam when ordered. Shit there should be consequences in general. Remember consequences?
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Amazing how these body cameras are on when drinking coffee, driving but somehow not on or malfunction during actual encounters.
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Because he knew that video footage would incriminate him. Pretty simple.
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Puleeeeze. THEY wear MASKS for god’s sake. And THEY are held unaccountable by DHS‼️
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No body camera is an incentive for aberrant and abhorrent behaviors.
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You guys are really REALLY dumbing down in preparation for John Fetterman being one of your festival keynote speakers (MTG being the other)
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The ICE officer who shot Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez was not wearing a body camera in order to protect himself from accountability for the crime he committed.
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If the Agents elect to not wear body cam, then they should be presumed guilty or at least there should be a serious charge for not wearing body camera when they are involved in a shooting.
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I'm shocked!. . . SHOCKED I tell you. . .
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"No, you can't pull over to a safer place because we want to shoot you right here."
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It is incredibly clear why he didn't wear one. He was hot to shoot someone, anyone
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I’m guessing it’s because he didn’t want a video of himself shooting people in the back
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"The officer was issued a body camera, but it is unclear why he was not wearing the device during the shooting." Probably so he could shoot people
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You have to be human to have human intelligence. We have already established that’s not the case with ICE.