AustinImmigration and Customs Enforcement shot DoorDash driver Wilber Rafael Garces Perez once.
Hospital staff released him into ICE custody, and his lawyer still cannot locate him.
Austin police took no part in the operation, and Mayor Kirk Watson wants them inside the investigation as outside eyes.
A law enforcement source says the man, 28 and Venezuelan, had a final removal order.
Representative Greg Casar is demanding an independent investigation and release of the body camera footage.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 300+ reports worldwide · These outlets told this story very differently.
- The New York Times leans critical
- BBC
- Hindustan Times leans critical
- emphasizes family's inability to locate victim, lack of institutional communication during medical emergency
- Al Jazeera Online
- foregrounds victim nationality (Venezuelan) and attorney's uncertainty about immigration status
Sources: The New York Times, BBC, Hindustan Times, Al Jazeera Online