Austin ICE shooting triggers protests and calls for transparency

An ICE officer shot a man during a traffic stop in north Austin, wound­ing him once in the torso and sending him to a hospital in serious but stable condition. The man, identified by an immigration attorney as 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, is said to have no known criminal history or final removal order. Austin police say they were not involved in the operation or shooting, and local officials urged transparency with a third-party investigation as protesters gathered at the scene. ICE did not participate in the briefing, raising questions about the agency’s enforcement surge.