Man shot by ICE, detained in Texas with a bullet in his back is back in the hospital, attorney says

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A Venezuelan man shot by a U.S.

Key points

• Speaking by phone during a news conference, Perez had remarked doctors didn't remove the bullet as it's near his spine.
• He was shot and taken to a hospital, she remarked, but was issued afterwards Sunday into ICE custody with the bullet still inside him.

What happened

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A Venezuelan man shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer and taken to a detention center in Texas with a bullet still lodged in his back was back in the hospital by Monday night, the man's attorney remarked.

Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was making a DoorDash delivery in Austin on Sunday when his car was "sideswiped" twice by ICE officers in an unmarked truck, immigration attorney Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch remarked to journalists earlier Monday. He was shot and taken to a hospital, she remarked, but was issued afterwards Sunday into ICE custody with the bullet still inside him.

Speaking by phone during a news conference, Perez had remarked doctors didn't remove the bullet as it's near his spine. He remarked ICE pressed for him to be issued rapidly from the hospital so it could move him to a detention center. He remarked he had received no pain medication or treatment there, and had slept on the floor, before eventually being given a "pill" by a nurse on Monday.

The bottom line

Taken together, the developments around man shot by ICE, detained in Texas with a bullet in his point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.