{"id":444396,"date":"2026-09-22T20:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T20:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/444396\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T20:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T20:42:09","slug":"ice-officer-who-shot-austin-doordash-driver-was-not-wearing-body-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/444396\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE officer who shot Austin DoorDash driver was not wearing body camera"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 The ICE officer who shot a Venezuelan delivery driver in Austin over the weekend had been assigned a body-worn camera but was not wearing it during the shooting, according to a report from NBC News correspondent Julia Ainsley.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Man shot by ICE agent in Austin hospitalized again after transfer to detention facility<\/a><\/p>\n

Ainsley reported on X that another ICE officer at the scene was wearing a body camera and recorded part of the encounter. However, the available video does not show the shooting itself, according to two Department of Homeland Security officials.<\/p>\n

Wilber Rafael Garc\u00e9s P\u00e9rez, 28, was shot Sunday during an ICE operation on Austin\u2019s north side. He was later taken into federal custody and transferred to the South Texas ICE Processing Center in Pearsall.<\/p>\n

Garc\u00e9s P\u00e9rez\u2019s attorney has said he was working as a DoorDash delivery driver when he was shot. The Department of Homeland Security has said Garc\u00e9s P\u00e9rez was subject to a final order of removal, while his attorney has disputed aspects of the government\u2019s account.<\/p>\n

The new report comes as local leaders and advocates call for the release of any body-camera footage and an independent investigation into the shooting.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Texas Democrats demand release, bodycam video after ICE shooting of Austin delivery driver<\/a><\/p>\n

After the shooting, Garc\u00e9s P\u00e9rez was treated at a hospital before being transferred to the Pearsall detention facility. U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said Monday that Garc\u00e9s P\u00e9rez was later taken back to the hospital because he was in significant pain and still had a bullet lodged in his left side.<\/p>\n

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson has called for Austin police to have a role in the investigation, saying local involvement would provide independent oversight. The Travis County District Attorney\u2019s Office has also requested access to evidence.<\/p>\n

Homeland Security Investigations, with assistance from the FBI, is investigating the shooting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 The ICE officer who shot a Venezuelan delivery driver in Austin over the weekend had…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-444396","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\/444396","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=444396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}