Protests as ICE Agent Shoots and Wounds Venezuelan DoorDash Driver in Texas

Protesters gathered in Austin on Sunday after a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and wounded a man in the Texas capital.

Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a 28-year-old Venezuelan DoorDash delivery driver, was shot in the torso and taken to hospital, his lawyer told US media.

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It is unclear what led to the shooting, and the local mayor and police have demanded an independent probe. It comes months after a man in Houston was shot dead by an ICE officer.

Attorney Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch told CBS that Garces Perez called his wife while “yelling in pain” in hospital. She told National Public Radio he was in ICE custody.

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Dozens of protesters, some waving the flags of Mexico and Guatemala, gathered at the scene carrying signs demanding that ICE leave Austin.

Local television outlets showed the demonstrators gathering across the street from ​a blue Toyota Corolla that ⁠sustained damage to the passenger-side door, as ICE agents stood nearby, Reuters news agency reported.

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