Austin ICE shooting: Protest erupts after man was shot by ICE agent
AUSTIN, Texas - A man was injured in a shooting with ICE agents in North Austin on Sunday.
On Monday, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, an immigration attorney representing the family, provided new details about what happened. The man shot was identified as Wilber Rafael Garces Perez.
Austin ICE shooting: Protests erupt
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***STRONG LANGUAGE WARNING. SOME MAY FIND OFFENSIVE*** Demonstrators congregated in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, September 20, after a federal agent shot and wounded a man. (Video courtesy Paseándo por Texas via Storyful)
The backstory:
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After news of the shooting broke out, protesters gathered at the scene.
Video captured by Paseándo por Texas shows the crowd waving flags, shouting, and driving vehicles with anti-ICE messaging near the scene of the shooting.
What's next:
Another protest is expected to take place Monday night.
FOX 7 Austin will be providing coverage of the protest at 8 p.m.
ICE shooting in Austin
Timeline:
Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch is an immigration attorney representing the Garces Perez family. On Monday, she provided new details about what happened.
Lincoln-Goldfinch says the victim is Wilber Rafael Garces Perez.
Lincoln-Goldfinch said Perez's wife received a call from her husband at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday saying he was shot and he was in pain. The call then ended.
The wife went to a hospital shortly after the call, but guards at the hospital said Wilber wasn't there. So, the wife went to the scene of the shooting and met up with Lincoln-Goldfinch.
Lincoln-Goldfinch said she and the wife went back to the hospital demanding to know where Wilber was. The guards repeatedly told them he was not there and pushed them outside to the lot across the street.
Austin Mayor Kirk Watson then met with Lincoln-Goldfinch and Wilber's wife. Watson demanded hospital administrators to tell them what happened. Lincoln-Goldfinch said, four hours later, they found out Wilber was released from the hospital and sent to an ICE facility.
They did not find Wilber until 10 a.m. on Monday.
ICE shooting in Austin: Latest details
The victim of the shooting has been identified by an attorney who says she represents the family. FOX 7 Austin's Julieanna Jackson has the latest.
Lincoln-Goldfinch said Wilber still has a bullet lodged in the back of his back. No one gave Wilber any pain medication or took the bullet out.
After the shooting, Wilber was transported to an ICE facility and had no bed. He slept on the floor, she said.
Man shot by ICE in Austin describes the shooting
Local perspective:
Wilber told Lincoln-Goldfinch that he was driving for DoorDash on Sunday when an unmarked car sideswiped him. He did not know it was ICE.
He told Lincoln-Goldfinch that he did a U-turn under the highway and was then sideswiped again. He then said the agents got out of the unmarked car and shot him in the back of the neck. They then pulled him from the car.
Lincoln-Goldfinch said there was no foot chase. However, ICE said there was a foot chase.
Lincoln-Goldfinch is now calling for the full body-camera footage from the incident.
Texas lawmakers speak about ICE shooting in Austin
U.S. representatives Lloyd Doggett and Greg Casar, along with Travis County Precinct 1 Commission Jeff Travillion spoke about the Sept. 20, 2026, shooting of a man by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Austin.
The other side:
Homeland Security Investigations confirms that Perez is from Venezuela and had entered the country illegally. They say Perez had a final order of removal.
Perez is reportedly in stable condition and in federal custody, pending removal.
The Source: Information from Homeland Security Investigations, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson, immigration attorney Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, from Paseándo por Texas via Storyful, Austin-Travis County EMS Chief Rob Luckritz, and reporting by FOX 7 Austin