Venezuelan man shot by ICE agents is back in the hospital for paralysis treatment, lawyer says

Sept 22 (Reuters) - The Venezuelan man who spent Sunday night in an ICE detention center with a bullet lodged in his back after being shot by a federal immigration agent in Austin, Texas, has been taken back to a hospital, according to public statements from his lawyer on Monday night. "I have finally received notice that Wilber was taken back to another hospital to receive treatment regarding paralysis in his left side," wrote Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, the attorney for Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, on her social media accounts. Lincoln-Goldfinch added that she would visit him first thing on Tuesday morning. During a news conference on Monday, Lincoln-Goldfinch introduced a man who phoned in as Perez, who said he had been transferred to an ICE processing facility about 130 miles southwest of Austin on Sunday after a few hours in the hospital following the shooting.

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