An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and wounded a person in Austin, Texas, on Sunday (Sep 20), metropolis officers stated, including that the person was in critical however steady situation.
The person was shot within the torso and brought to an area hospital, officers instructed reporters at a press convention.
The ICE agent shot him throughout a short pursuit on foot shortly earlier than 1pm native time (2am, Monday, Singapore time), Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis stated.
ICE, the US Division of Homeland Safety and the Texas Division of Public Security didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
Metropolis officers didn’t determine the person who was shot, and stated they didn’t know the id of the ICE agent concerned. Davis stated she had not been briefed but by federal officers and had few particulars in regards to the incident.
The capturing is the newest in a sequence of incidents involving ICE, which has change into the face of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown and whose actions have drawn scrutiny and requires accountability from rights advocates.
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Austin Mayor Kirk Watson, a Democrat, stated he needs metropolis police concerned within the investigation, with the extra participation of the Texas Rangers.
“From my perspective, the credibility of ICE performing some type of an investigation simply by itself and excluding others wouldn’t be acceptable,” Watson stated, including that he’s indignant in regards to the capturing however not stunned by it.
ICE just lately began detaining extra folks in Austin, Watson and US Consultant Greg Casar, a Texas Democrat, stated.
“Just some weeks in the past, as we noticed the ICE surge come to Austin, particularly to North Central Austin, I and others stated that ICE wanted to depart earlier than somebody was shot,” stated Casar, whose district contains elements of Austin.
