BREAKING: Federal prosecutors have charged a Venezuelan man shot by an ICE agent in Austin, Texas, with assaulting an officer. https://t.co/zSRzLmwGaj

— The Associated Press (@AP) September 29, 2026

🇺🇸 There’s a pretty major development in the controversial ICE shooting in Austin.

Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, the Venezuelan man shot by an ICE agent on September 20, has now been federally charged with assaulting a federal officer.

Prosecutors allege Garcés Pérez struck an…

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) September 29, 2026