Man in ‘serious but stable condition’ after shooting in Austin involving ICE officer: Officials

A man is in “serious but stable condition” after being shot in Austin, Texas, on Sunday afternoon in an incident that involved an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, according to local officials.“At approximately 12:56 in the afternoon today, the Austin-Travis County EMS received a notification from the Austin Police Department of a reported shooting at the 8000 block of Anderson Square,” Chief of the Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services Robert Luckritz said at an initial press conference with other city officials. “EMS responded immediately and was on scene within three and a half minutes. One individual was identified as suffering from a gunshot wound. The patient was stable, vital signs were stable, but in serious condition. They were transported off the scene within 9 minutes of arrival of EMS resources and transported to a local trauma center.” Recommended Stories Mayor Kirk Watson said “there are a lot of things that we don’t know,” but that the Austin Police Department was not involved in the incident. He said he hopes law enforcement agencies other than ICE, including APD, will be involved in the investigation and that ICE should welcome such involvement. “As mayor of the city of Austin, I am very angry about this,” he said after opening the press conference. “I am extremely unhappy. A person being shot on the streets of Austin by someone purporting to be law enforcement, particularly when it’s ICE, is something that causes me to be unhappy and angry about it. And while I’m unhappy and angry about it, I’m not surprised at all — it’s happened in other cities.”FEDERAL COURT SAYS DHS THREATENED MAN WHO CRITICIZED ICETwo individuals were shot by ICE officers in separate incidents in Maine and Houston in July. The Trump administration’s strict enforcement of immigration law initially drew backlash in January when two anti-ICE protesters were fatally shot in Minneapolis.“Austinites have a right to know what happened,” Watson said. “It’s their city. They have seen what has happened in other places when there has been a shooting like this that ICE has been involved in. They’ve seen what has happened in other places when the local community has not been involved in the investigation.”