DOJ charges Austin immigrant shot by ICE officer

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Federal prosecutors have charged Venezuelan national Wilber Rafael Garces Perez with assault after he was shot by an ICE officer during a traffic stop in Austin. The affidavit says officers had identified him as subject to a final removal order.

Federal prosecutors have charged a Venezuelan national who was shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Austin with assault charges. According to an affidavit, Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was pulled over in a traffic stop by ICE officers after they identified him as having a final order of removal as he was…