{"id":456629,"date":"2026-10-05T03:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T03:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/456629\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T03:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T03:06:07","slug":"community-gathers-in-support-of-wilber-garces-perez-as-he-recovers-faces-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/456629\/","title":{"rendered":"Community gathers in support of Wilber Garc\u00e9s P\u00e9rez as he recovers, faces charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Community members gathered earlier today to show support for Wilber Garc\u00e9s P\u00e9rez, the immigrant worker shot by an ICE agent in North Austin two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>Garc\u00e9s P\u00e9rez\u2019s attorney, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, said he\u2019s still recovering after receiving surgery Thursday to remove the bullet lodged in his back.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/wilber-garces-perez-undergoes-surgery-to-remove-bullet-after-ice-shooting-attorney-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RELATED | Austin man has surgery 11 days after being shot by ICE agent<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Community members gathered earlier today to show support for Wilber Garc\u00e9s P\u00e9rez, the immigrant worker shot by an ICE agent in North Austin two weeks ago.. (Wilber Garces Perez)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"364\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/02688c9c-2df1-4cd7-9578-19f618d6565d-CREDITWilberGarcesPerez3.JPG\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Community members gathered earlier today to show support for Wilber Garc\u00e9s P\u00e9rez, the immigrant worker shot by an ICE agent in North Austin two weeks ago.. (Wilber Garces Perez)<\/p>\n<p>She spoke today at a forum held by immigrant advocates, faith leaders, and members of the community.<\/p>\n<p>She said he is still being held in a county jail facility.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/man-shot-by-ice-officer-to-remain-in-custody-judge-says-criminal-prosecution-can-continue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ALSO | Man shot by ICE officer to remain in custody, judge says criminal prosecution can continue<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Garc\u00e9s P\u00e9rez\u2019s attorney, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, said he\u2019s still recovering after receiving surgery Thursday to remove the bullet lodged in his back. (Wilber Garces Perez)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/a2a43f50-e277-40b7-bf6c-cc053c1ee928-CREDITWilberGarcesPerez4.JPG\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Garc\u00e9s P\u00e9rez\u2019s attorney, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, said he\u2019s still recovering after receiving surgery Thursday to remove the bullet lodged in his back. (Wilber Garces Perez)<\/p>\n<p>He was transferred there after the Justice Department charged him with assaulting, resisting, and interfering with an officer.<\/p>\n<p>As his legal team fights these charges in court, community members continued to call for accountability.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/man-shot-by-ice-agent-to-appear-in-austin-federal-court-on-assault-charge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RELATED | Man shot by ICE agent to appear in Austin federal court on assault charge<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a lot of community members coming together, gathering people to talk through what we want to do for Wilber,&#8221; Lincoln-Goldfinch said. &#8220;Talk about how he\u2019s doing and also how we can hold our elected officials accountable and ultimately hold ICE accountable for what they\u2019re doing on our streets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lincoln-Goldfinch said Garc\u00e9s P\u00e9rez\u2019s family appreciates the community support as he recovers and fights the charges against him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Community members gathered earlier today to show support for Wilber Garc\u00e9s P\u00e9rez, the immigrant worker&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-456629","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\/456629","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=456629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}