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by: ANNA WILDER and JESSE BEDAYN, Associated Press Posted: Sep 22, 2026 / 08:01 PM CDT Updated: Sep 22, 2026 / 08:02 PM CDT AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A judge has ordered a Venezuelan man shot in Texas by a federal immigration officer to appear in court as his attorneys seek to stop his removal from the U.S. and criticize his medical care, saying he remains in pain from a bullet lodged in his back. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was back in a federal detention center Tuesday after being treated and released at a hospital for a second time since he was shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent on Sunday in Austin, according to his attorney, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch. Austin police on Tuesday released body camera footage showing Garces Perez hunching over in the front seat of his car and grabbing his shoulder and rocking back and forth after the shooting.
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He was shot and taken to a hospital, then released into ICE custody with a bullet still in his back, she said.
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