An ICE agent shot and wounded 28-year-old Venezuelan national Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez during a law enforcement operation in North Austin on September 20, 2026. The incident has triggered conflicting narratives and widespread protests.

Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was making a DoorDash delivery in Austin on Sunday when his car was “sideswiped” twice by ICE officers in an unmarked truck, immigration attorney Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch told reporters earlier Monday. He was shot and taken to a hospital, she said, but was released later Sunday into ICE custody with the bullet still inside him.

Speaking by phone during a news conference, Perez had said doctors didn’t remove the bullet because it’s near his spine. He said ICE pressed for him to be released quickly from the hospital so it could move him to a detention center. He said he had received no pain medication or treatment there, and had slept on the floor, before eventually being given a “pill” by a nurse on Monday.

This show mostly isn't really about all that and is more so focused on Minneapolis stuff from 2020, but since this story is quickly falling down the memory hole I just figured I'd mention it here (and all above facts taken from top google result and Associated Press).  2 hour show.