The Austin Police Department on Tuesday released body camera footage showing the arrest of an illegal Venezuelan immigrant who was shot moments earlier by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers over the weekend.
Three short videos detail the local police response to the shooting of 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez on Sunday as ICE officers attempted to take him into custody.
In one video, what sounds like three gunshots can be heard. Another clip shows an officer arriving at the scene, where Garces Perez is seen sitting hunched over in the driver's seat of his vehicle and appearing to grab his left shoulder in pain.
Officers wearing body cameras assisted Garces Perez out of the vehicle, contradicting claims that he was dragged out by agents, before placing him under arrest.
Another officer is heard ordering someone to get a pair of shears to cut open Garces Perez's shirt to examine his wounds.
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"¿Tiene armas?" an officer asks in Spanish, inquiring if Garces Perez has any firearms.
"No," Garces Perez replies.
"He's got… looks like one gunshot wound so far," an officer is heard saying.
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