KTBC2 livestream not available in schedule service
AUSTIN, Texas - U.S. Rep. Greg Casar and other Democratic members of Congress are hosting a hearing on ICE's actions in connection to the shooting of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez in Austin.
Dig deeper:
Joining Casar at the hearing will be the following:
- U.S. Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (MS-02)
- U.S. Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (WA-07)
- U.S. Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (LA-02)
- U.S. Congressman Lou Correa (CA-46)
- U.S. Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07)
- U.S. Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29)
- U.S. Congressman Al Green (TX-09)
The hearing is being held in Austin on the Austin Community College Highland Campus.
What happened in the ICE shooting on Sept. 20 in Austin?
The backstory:
Austin-Travis County EMS Chief Rob Luckritz said emergency crews were notified of a reported shooting at about 12:56 p.m. in the 8000 block of Anderson Square.
Paramedics arrived within about 3 1/2 minutes and found an adult man with a gunshot wound. The man was transported to a local trauma center in serious but stable condition.
APD Chief Lisa Davis initially stated that the shooting involved a federal agent and later confirmed she had been told the agent was with ICE. Austin police were not involved in the shooting.
RELATED COVERAGE: Austin ICE shooting: Rep. Greg Casar visits Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent
This browser does not support the Video element.
Man shot by ICE agent in Austin undergoes surgery
The man shot by an ICE agent in North Austin has undergone surgery nearly two weeks after the shooting.
Perez told immigration attorney Kate 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.
RELATED COVERAGE: Austin ICE shooting: New details released on man shot by ICE agents
Lincoln-Goldfinch said there was no foot chase. However, ICE said there was a foot chase.
DHS officials have confirmed that Perez is from Venezuela and say he entered the country illegally and had a final order of removal.
Perez was taken into federal custody to the South Texas ICE processing center in Pearsall.
Austin police release ICE shooting footage
This browser does not support the Video element.
APD release body cam video of ICE shooting
Austin police are sharing more information and videos from their response to Sunday's ICE shooting in North Austin.
New video released by APD appears to show Perez was involved in a traffic stop with federal agents before leading them on a pursuit, minutes before he was shot by a federal agent.
APD released video captured on an off-duty APD detective's personal dashcam and cellphone, as well as body camera footage from an on-duty officer.
RELATED COVERAGE: Austin ICE shooting: APD releases body cam footage, cellphone video
Reports last week by The Atlantic and FOX News indicated there may be no body camera footage from ICE's perspective of the incident.
Multiple federal law enforcement sources told FOX News that there is no ICE bodycam footage from the incident, FOX's Bill Melugin said last week on social media.
The Atlantic's Nick Miroff also stated that three DHS officials had told him that the officer was a "recent hire who was not wearing his body camera."
So far, the APD videos are the only footage that has been publicly released.
The Source: Information from office of Texas U.S. Rep. Greg Casar's office and previous reporting.