{"id":444156,"date":"2026-09-22T15:48:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T15:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/444156\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T15:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T15:48:13","slug":"central-texas-students-plan-walkouts-after-ice-agent-shoots-man-in-austin-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/444156\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Texas students plan walkouts after ICE agent shoots man in Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas (KEYE)  \u2014 Anger and calls for accountability continued to build in the Austin area after an <a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/one-person-injured-in-north-austin-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ICE agent shot Wilber Rafael Garces Perez<\/a> in North Austin on Sunday, with students planning walkouts and demonstrators gathering at the Texas Capitol for a <a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/austin-protests-against-ice-resume-after-agent-shoots-venezuelan-national\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">second straight night<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Posts online called for students from high schools in Pflugerville ISD to gather at the Pflugerville Municipal and Justice Center late this morning. Another post called for students at Hays CISD high schools to walk out.<\/p>\n<p>Politicians also continued to weigh in on X. <\/p>\n<p>State Rep. James Talarico wrote: \u201cHe has no criminal record. An ICE agent shot him anyway. He slept on a prison cell floor with a bullet still lodged in his back.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia wrote on X: \u201cICE is out of control.\u201d She also wrote, \u201cWe need answers. Release the body camera footage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many people have called for the full video and a transparent investigation. Roman Palomares, the national president of LULAC, said, \u201cWe want an independent oversight. It is time for independent oversight. LULAC calls on Congress to create a body outside of DHS, outside of ICE and outside the Department of Justice, with the power to investigate every use of force by immigration agents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/attorney-lawmakers-seek-answers-after-ice-shooting-in-north-austin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ALSO | Attorney, lawmakers seek answers after ICE shooting in North Austin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Monday night, about 100 people gathered outside the Texas Capitol calling for answers after the shooting. The demonstration stayed peaceful. <\/p>\n<p>Protesters said they were angry about what happened and worried about ICE operations in Austin.<\/p>\n<p>It was the second night in a row of protests. Austin police reported multiple officers suffered minor injuries during Sunday night\u2019s protests after demonstrators threw rocks, concrete and water bottles at them. Police and Texas DPS fired pepper balls after repeated orders to leave, and Austin police said <a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/3-arrested-during-north-austin-protest-after-man-shot-by-ice-officer-apd-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">multiple people<\/a> were arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said, \u201cBe clear, acts of violence toward our officers or others will result in an arrest. We will protect those exercising their rights, our officers, and the broader community.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas (KEYE) \u2014 Anger and calls for accountability continued to build in the Austin area after an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444157,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-444156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}