An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and wounded a man in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, city officials said, adding that the man was in serious but stable condition.
The man was shot in the torso and taken to a local hospital, officials told reporters at a press conference. The ICE agent shot him during a brief pursuit on foot shortly before 1 p.m. (1800 GMT), Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said.
Immigration attorney Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch identified the victim to multiple news outlets as Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, and posted on social media that she is representing his family. Lincoln-Goldfinch said he was released from the hospital on Sunday into the apparent custody of ICE.
Perez is an undocumented immigrant from Venezuela, a law enforcement source told CNN. Lincoln-Goldfinch told the Texas Tribune that her client entered the United States legally.
The Department of Homeland Security said in a post on social media website X that its Homeland Security Investigations unit is leading the investigation of a case of an officer-involved shooting in Austin on Sunday with the assistance of the FBI.
The post said the person shot was a Venezuelan who entered the United States "illegally" during the Biden administration and was subject to a final removal order, adding the person is stable and in federal custody pending removal.
ICE is an agency within the Department of Homeland Security.
City officials did not identify the man who was shot, and said they did not know the identity of the ICE agent involved. Austin Police Chief Davis said she had not been briefed yet by federal officials and had few details about the incident.
The shooting is the latest in a series of incidents involving ICE, which has become the face of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown and whose actions have drawn scrutiny and calls for accountability from rights advocates.
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